Support of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center for Research in Radio and Radar Astronomy (NAIC)

这是根据与康奈尔大学签订的为期5年的新合作协议授予的第一个奖项，以表彰其对国家天文和电离层中心(NAIC)的持续管理、运营和维护。NAIC的研究项目包括射电天文学、雷达天文学和大气物理。最近在脉冲星搜索和计时、红移调查得出的宇宙大尺度结构以及对行星的雷达观测方面的最新结果使天文台保持在天文研究的前沿。大气科学计划是高层大气能量学和动力学研究的前沿。NAIC的主要研究设施位于波多黎各阿雷西博附近，由305米射电望远镜及其相关雷达和接收器以及一个高频加热设施组成。其他实验室、办公室和研究支持设施位于纽约州伊萨卡的康奈尔校区。NAIC的设施以竞争的方式向所有合格的科学家开放。每年有150多名科学家使用NAIC的观测和数据分析设施。

>This award is the first under the new 5.Year Cooperative Agreement with Cornell for the continued management, operation, and maintenance of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC). The research programs at NAIC include radio astronomy, radar astronomy, and atmospheric physics. Recent results in the areas of pulsar searches and timing, large scale structure of the universe from redshift surveys, and radar observations of the planets have kept the Observatory at the forefront of astronomical research. The atmospheric science program is at the forefront of studies of upper atmosphere energetics and dynamics. The principal research facilities of the NAIC are located near Arecibo, Puerto Rico, and consist of the 305.meter radio telescope and its associated radars and receivers and an HF heating facility. Additional laboratory, office, and research support facilities are located on the Cornell campus in Ithaca New York. The facilities of NAIC are available to all qualified scientists on a competitive basis. More than 150 scientists use the observing and data analysis facilities of the NAIC each year.