MRI: Acquisition of a state-of-the-art Fabry-Perot interferometer to measure upper atmosphere winds and temperatures for He, OH, and O nightglow and auroral emissions

了解和预测空间气象活动所有条件下的热层风和温度对于确定卫星阻力十分重要。 本文提出的系统将产生前所未有的测量风和温度超出目前可用的，导致转型的变化，不仅在卫星阻力的理解，但在空间科学的无数悬而未决的问题。 风测量具有社会意义，因为它们对于空间天气研究和全球环流模型理解和预测空间天气非常重要。 从这个拟议的系统的数据的部署，操作和分析将使本科生，研究生和研究生的机会，在当代STEM主题，从仪器的进步，大数据和超越。该项目具有产生重大影响的良好潜力。 该项目旨在通过获得高灵敏度的法布里-珀罗干涉仪来测量热大气层中的风和温度，这将能够测量MLT区域非常微弱的气辉发射。 大的热层垂直风与应用质量连续性方程预测的风场水平发散不一致。解决这一差异所需的测量手段并不存在，因此突出表明迫切需要提高目前的遥感技术。 该观测系统将产生前所未有的风和温度测量结果，超出目前的范围，从而导致空间科学的转型变化。 该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Understanding and predicting thermospheric winds and temperatures during all conditions of space weather activity is important in the determination of satellite drag. The system proposed herein will yield unprecedented measurements of winds and temperatures beyond that which are currently available, leading to transformational changes in the understanding of not only satellite drag, but of a myriad of outstanding questions in the space sciences. The wind measurements have societal significance as they are important for space weather research and global circulation models to understand and predict space weather. Deployment, operation, and analysis of the data from this proposed system will enable undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate opportunities in contemporary STEM topics, ranging from instrumentation advancement to Big Data and beyond. The project has good potential for high impact. The project aims to measure winds and temperature in the thermosphere through an acquisition of a Fabry-Perot interferometer with high sensitivity that will enable the measurements of very weak airglow emissions in the MLT region. Large thermospheric vertical winds are inconsistent with what the application of the mass continuity equation would predict using the horizontal divergence of the observed wind field. The measurements needed to resolve the discrepancy are nonexistent, thus highlighting the compelling need for advancement in the current remote sensing technologies. The observing system will yield unprecedented measurements of winds and temperatures beyond that which are currently available, leading to transformational changes in the space sciences. The added benefit is the portability of the Fabry-Perot system thus enabling collaborative studies.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.