Mid-scale RI-1 (M1:IP): The Next Generation Wyoming King Air Atmospheric Research Aircraft

中型 RI-1 (M1:IP)：下一代怀俄明空中国王大气研究飞机

• 批准号: 1935930
• 负责人: Bart Geerts
• 金额: $ 1581.06万
• 依托单位: University of Wyoming
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1935930&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mid; scale; RI; M1; IP

The University of Wyoming King Air (UWKA) research aircraft is one of three airborne facilities for the research and education community of atmospheric sciences supported by the National Science Foundation. Because of its agile maneuverability and relatively inexpensive operational cost, UWKA is the most frequently requested airborne facility for cloud, precipitation, atmospheric chemistry, wildfires, and boundary layer meteorology research and education. This Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 Implementation project aims to modernize the aging UWKA by building a state-of-art airborne atmospheric research and education laboratory (UWKA-2) on a new King Air aircraft that has the same agility and cost-effectiveness. These technologies will become an integral part of the NSFs Lower Atmospheric Observing Facility. The advanced airborne in-situ and remote sensing measurement capabilities are critical for validation and refinement of algorithms used in space-borne measurements and providing observational constraints on numerical models for weather, climate, air quality, and wildfire predictions, and supporting many federal agencies' missions, such as those of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Department of Energy (DOE), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Interior (DOI), and the Department of Defense (DOD). The modernized instrument suite, extra payload capability, a longer flight range, and advanced communications will enable innovative observations and education in Arctic science that addresses the NSF's Navigating the New Arctic Big Idea. The new capabilities of real time access to the platform and instruments during field experiments will allow special educational deployments and enable students, early career scientists from many universities, and K-12 students/teachers to remotely participate in field campaigns.There are five components in this NSF Mid-scale Research Infrastructure Implantation project: (i) Convert the baseline aircraft to airborne research platform that involves mission-specific and research-specific aircraft modifications and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification; (ii) Upgrade airborne millimeter-wave radars to allow vertical-plane dual-doppler capability both below and above flight level, and dual frequency profiling capability for measurements of both rain and cloud droplets; (iii) Build airborne lidar capabilities based on Raman and Doppler lidar technologies for remote sensing of temperature, humidity, aerosols, and 3-dimensional wind profiles; (iv) Assemble an updated instrument package for measurements of trace gases and aerosols to support atmospheric chemistry research; and (v) Develop a novel ground-aircraft communication system with real-time analysis/display capabilities for education, training, and flight management. This project is supported by the Foundation-wide Mid-scale Research Infrastructure program with co-funding from the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences/Directorate for Geosciences. The project will be managed by the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences within the Directorate for Geosciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

怀俄明大学国王航空（UWKA）研究飞机是国家科学基金会支持的大气科学研究和教育社区的三个空中设施之一。由于其敏捷的可操作性和相对便宜的运营成本，UWKA是最常被要求的空降设施，用于云，降水，大气化学，野火和边界层气象研究和教育。这个中期研究基础设施1实施项目旨在通过在具有相同敏捷性和成本效益的新国王飞机上建立最先进的空中大气研究和教育实验室（UWKA-2）来使UWKA老化现代化。这些技术将成为NSF较低大气观测设施的组成部分。 先进的空降原位和遥感测量能力对于验证和改进太空式测量中使用的算法至关重要能源部（DOE），环境保护署（EPA），内政部（DOI）和国防部（DOD）。现代化的仪器套件，额外的有效载荷能力，更长的飞行范围和高级通信将使北极科学的创新观察和教育能够解决NSF的新北极大概念。实地实验期间实时访问该平台和乐器的新功能将允许特殊教育部署，并使学生，许多大学的早期职业科学家以及K-12学生/老师可以远程参与现场活动。在该NSF中等规模的研究基准植入计划中，有五个组成部分，该研究基准群体可以转换为基础研究：（i）（i）（I）（I）（I）（I）（i）AIRM CRAPTIC REARN CRAPTIC SERMERT CRAPTIC CORTCTIC SERMERT CRAPTIC修改与联邦航空管理局（FAA）认证； （ii）升级机载毫米波雷达，以允许在飞行水平和高于飞行水平以上的垂直平面双倍数功能，以及雨水和云滴测量的双频率分析能力； （iii）建立基于拉曼和多普勒激光雷达技术的机载激光雷达功能，用于遥感温度，湿度，气溶胶和3维风轮廓； （iv）组装一个更新的仪器包，用于测量痕量气体和气溶胶，以支持大气化学研究； （v）通过实时分析/显示功能，用于教育，培训和飞行管理，开发了一种新型的地面空气沟通系统。 该项目得到了基础范围的中期研究基础设施计划的支持，该计划由既定计划（EPSCOR）的共同资助（EPSCOR）以及大气和地理科学局/地球科学局的共同资助。该项目将由地球科学局内部大气和地理水平科学司进行管理。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准，认为值得通过评估来获得支持。