AGS-FIRP Track 1: Solar Eclipse Effects on Weather and Aerial Fauna (SEEWAF)

AGS-FIRP 轨道 1：日食对天气和空中动物群的影响 (SEEWAF)

• 批准号: 2341972
• 负责人: Kevin Knupp
• 金额: $ 2.36万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama in Huntsville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-03-01 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2341972&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: AGS; FIRP; Track; Solar; Eclipse

In this project, the PI and project team will deploy the Mobile Atmospheric Profiling Network (MAPNet) instrumentation suite to take observations of meteorology, aerial fauna such as insect and bird flight activity, and solar radiation changes during the total solar eclipse taking place on April 8, 2024, in central Arkansas. The MAPNet suite will be deployed to three different locations near the totality centerline including a K-12 school system, a high school, and an institute that includes graduate and undergraduate students. It is expected that hundreds of students across these three education levels will gain experience with MAPNet and the collected data. The new observations taken will advance our understanding of rapid changes in our atmospheric in response to fast solar radiation changes and will provide a unique opportunity for students across educational levels to gain experience and/or see how scientific observations are taken and processed.The MAPNet facilities, along with radiosonde balloon launches at each of the three profiling sites, will provide data on changes in vertical profiles of temperature, wind, turbulence, and clouds over the lowest 3 km of the atmosphere, including the boundary layer. The Mobile Alabama X-band (MAX) scanning radar will conduct surveillance and scans to monitor boundary layer airflow and aerial fauna behavior around the MAX radar and profiling sites. Each of the three profiling sites will include Windsond or iMet balloon soundings to document details of temperature, water vapor, and wind profiles as well as measurements of wind, temperature, humidity, and aerosol profiles at a temporal resolution of 5 min or less. Education and outreach activities will be developed for students ranging from kindergarten through the graduate level.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.

在这个项目中，PI和项目团队将部署移动大气剖面网络（MAPNet）仪器套件，以观测2024年4月8日发生在阿肯色州中部的日全食期间的气象、昆虫和鸟类飞行活动等空中动物，以及太阳辐射的变化。MAPNet套件将部署在全食中心线附近的三个不同地点，包括K-12学校系统，高中和包括研究生和本科生在内的研究所。预计这三个教育层次的数百名学生将获得使用MAPNet和收集数据的经验。所进行的新观测将促进我们对大气因快速太阳辐射变化而发生的快速变化的理解，并将为不同教育水平的学生提供一个独特的机会，以获得经验和/或了解如何进行和处理科学观测。MAPNet设施，以及在三个剖面站点发射的无线电探空气球，将提供温度、风、湍流和大气层最低3公里（包括边界层）云层垂直剖面变化的数据。移动阿拉巴马x波段（MAX）扫描雷达将进行监视和扫描，以监测MAX雷达和剖面站点周围的边界层气流和空中动物行为。三个分析站点中的每一个都将包括windsound或iMet气球探测，以记录温度，水蒸气和风廓线的细节，以及风，温度，湿度和气溶胶廓线的测量，时间分辨率为5分钟或更短。将为从幼儿园到研究生阶段的学生开展教育和外展活动。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。