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

日食研讨会：2024年4月日全食观测及地球空间环境多尺度耦合的社区讨论；

• 批准号: 2415082
• 负责人: Yue Deng
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Arlington
• 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: 2024-02-01 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2415082&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Solar; Eclipse; Workshop; Observations; April

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.

2024年4月8日的日食活动为科学家提供了一个绝佳的机会，可以从事外展工作，并调查电离源对我们地球大气层的减少影响。该研讨会打算在德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校（UTA）组织教育活动，该活动正处于整体之路。这意味着月亮完全掩盖了太阳，对于四月份的这一事件，整体将持续约4分钟。短暂的黑暗时期提供了一个直接的观察窗口，人们可以使用安全护目镜观察太阳能电晕，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，并将利用其最先进的天文馆和望远镜来创造公众的意识，并将K-12学生带到这些设施。科学研讨会将在2024年4月8日至10日之间进行两天，在2024年之间进行了两天。该团队将在2024年3月18日至31日之间访问该地区的不同学校，从而分发教育材料和安全护目镜。国际天文联盟（IAU）的技术支持，以促进使用UTA望远镜的观察，并且还计划了公众的访问。该研讨会将促进跨学科的合作，鼓励学生与太空科学家之间的互动。 UTA将托管几种科学工具，以解决（a）总体上电晕的空间和临时变异性以及（b）离子层 - 热球系统对太阳日食的响应的问题？为了调查第一个主题，将使用专业的四个MaxVision ED80望远镜（窄带）和两个光谱望远镜在相对宽波长中使用。几个GNS接收器将用于探索日食对地球电离层 - 心圈区域的影响。这项赠款是对NSF 23-014的回应，“亲爱的同事信：大美国太阳能2023和2024”，以支持与太阳能eclipses相关的科学，教育和外展活动。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过该基金会的知识分子优点和广泛的影响来评估NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得的支持。