Solar Eclipse Workshop: Observations of April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse and Community Discussion of Multi-Scale Coupling in Geospace Environment; Arlington, Texas; April 8-10, 2024

2024年4月8日的日食事件为科学家提供了一个绝佳的机会，可以进行外展工作，并研究电离源减少对地球大气的影响。这个讲习班打算在阿灵顿的德克萨斯大学（UTA）组织教育活动，这所大学正处于日全食的轨道上。这意味着月亮完全遮住了太阳，在4月份的这个事件中，全食将持续大约4分钟。这个短暂的黑暗期提供了一个直接的观测窗口，人们可以使用安全护目镜观察日冕，并使用科学仪器收集数据。UTA的科学家计划利用即将到来的日食，并将利用他们最先进的天文馆和望远镜来提高公众意识，并将K-12学生带到这些设施。科学研讨会将于2024年4月8日至10日举行两天。在此事件之前，计划了几项活动，以便向K-12学生适当传播有关日食的信息。该团队将于2024年3月18日至31日访问该地区的不同学校，分发教育材料和安全护目镜。国际天文学联合会（IAU）也计划提供技术支持，以方便使用UTA望远镜进行观测并向公众开放。本次研讨会将促进跨学科合作，鼓励学生和空间科学家之间的互动。UTA将配备几个科学仪器来解决以下问题：(a)日冕在日全食期间的时空变化和(b)电离层-热层系统对日食的响应？为了研究第一个主题，将使用4台专业的Maxvision ED80望远镜（窄带）和2台相对较宽波长的光谱望远镜。几个GNSS接收器将被用来探索日食对地球电离层-热层区域的影响。这笔拨款是为了响应NSF 23-014，“亲爱的同事信：2023年和2024年伟大的美国日食”，以支持与日食相关的科学、教育和推广活动。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。

Solar eclipse event on April 8, 2024, provides an excellent opportunity to scientists for engaging in outreach efforts and to investigate the influence of reduction in the ionizing source on our Earth’s atmosphere. This workshop intends to organize educational activities at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), which is on the path of totality. It means that the moon completely obscures the sun and for this event in April, the totality will last for about 4 minutes. This short period of darkness offers a direct observing window where people can observe solar corona using safety goggles and collect data using scientific instruments. Scientists at UTA plan to take advantage of the upcoming solar eclipse and will use their state-of the-art Planetariums and telescopes to create public awareness and bring K-12 students to these facilities.The scientific workshop will be held for two days between April 8 – 10, 2024. Prior to this event, several activities are planned to enable proper dissemination of information about the solar eclipse to K-12 students. The team will distribute educational materials and safety goggles by visiting different schools in the area between March 18 – 31, 2024. Technical support from International Astronomical Union (IAU) to facilitate observations using UTA telescopes and their access to public is also planned. This workshop will promote inter-disciplinary collaborations, encourage interactions between students and space-scientists. UTA will host several scientific instruments to address questions about (a) the spatial and temporal variability of Corona during totality and (b) response of the ionosphere-thermosphere system to solar eclipse? To investigate the first topic, use of professional four Maxvision ED80 telescopes (narrowband) and two spectral telescopes in a relative broad wavelength will be used. Several GNSS receivers will be used to explore the effects of solar eclipse on the Earth’s ionosphere-thermosphere region. This grant is in response to NSF 23-014, “Dear Colleague letter: Great American Solar Eclipses 2023 and 2024” to support science, education and outreach activities related to Solar Eclipses.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.