The Sondrestrom Facility - Enabling Fundamental Research of the Coupled Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere System

该奖项旨在继续支持位于格陵兰Kangerlussuaq附近的Sondrestrom地球空间研究设施的管理，运营和科学活动。这些活动包括为非相干散射雷达、瑞利激光雷达系统和两个全天空成像仪提供技术支持，并为国家和国际地球空间科学界提供观测服务和数据，包括与设施运营和科学有关的教育和外联工作。为了促进地球空间研究的新思路，设施工作人员推进仪器，以促进科学发现，确保数据具有高研究质量，并保持在设施进行的相关科学的专业知识。多年来，该基地的辅助仪器数量急剧增加，雷达本身的能力也得到了相当大的提高。因此，该设施支持的研究已经多样化，并不断发展，以满足科学用户群体不断变化的需求。非地球空间活动，如固体地球研究、平流层研究和环境研究，作为更广泛的社区外联活动的一部分得到支持。IS雷达每年至少运行1800次，以满足研究界不断变化的需求，为雷达操作提供灵活性，以捕获空间天气事件，并提供数据进行回顾性分析。为了利用这些广泛的观测，设施工作人员将专注于与其他现有和计划中的高纬度雷达的合作研究。该设施的数据处理和处理工具随时可供及时使用。设施工作人员还将与格陵兰自治政府和丹麦格陵兰科学研究委员会保持关系，以确保Sondrestrom地球空间设施的有效管理和运作。

This is an award to continue supporting management, operations, and scientific activities at the Sondrestrom Geospace research facility located near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. The activities include technical support of the incoherent scatter radar (ISR), Rayleigh lidar system, and two all-sky imagers, as well provide observational service and data to the national and international geospace science communities, including education and outreach efforts relevant to facility operations and science. To foster new ideas in geospace research, facility staff advances instrumentation to promote scientific discovery, ensure data are of high research quality, and maintain expertise in the related sciences conducted at the facility. Over the years, the number of complementary instruments at the site has risen dramatically and the capabilities of the radar itself have been considerably enhanced. As a result, the research supported by the facility has diversified and evolved to meet the changing needs of the community of scientific users. Non-geospace activities, such as solid earth research, stratospheric research, and environmental research are supported as part of broader community outreach. The IS radar will be operated for 1800 per year at least in response to the evolving needs of the research community, providing flexibility in radar operations to capture space weather events, and make data available for retrospective analysis. To take advantage of these extensive observations, facility staff will focus on collaborative studies with other existing and planned high-latitude radars. The facility's data handling and processing tools are readily available in a timely manner. The facility staff will also maintain relationships with the Greenland Home Rule Government and Danish Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland to ensure effective management and operation of the Sondrestrom Geospace facility.