Coordinated Imaging and Incoherent Scatter Radar for Ionospheric Research

在之前的资助下，PI开发了一种非常敏感的 全天空照相机，用于对来自 晚上 揭示高层大气重要过程的天空。 这款相机是为了支持CEDAR倡议而开发的， 更好地理解耦合，能量学和动力学， 大气反射 CEDAR I类成像系统现在是 位于米尔斯顿山的全功能系统 位于马萨诸塞州韦斯特福德的雷达/干草堆天文台综合体。 想象一下- 增强型CCD成像系统将每月运行15个夜晚 编制一个多波长数据库， 亚极光电离层 在赤道高空大气学上的一点努力 包括使用通过其他手段获得的数据集。 所有 这些研究将光学、非相干散射雷达和其他 与CEDAR活动一致的无线电和卫星观测 科学目标。 制作I类成像 摄谱仪及新型CCD成像探测器研究 是该计划的主要仪器组成部分。

Under a previous grant, the PI developed a very sensitive all-sky camera for imaging selected faint emissions from the night sky that reveal important processes in the upper atmosphere. This camera was developed to support the CEDAR initiative aimed at better understanding the coupling, energetics and dynamics of atmosphere retions. The CEDAR Class-I Imaging System is now a fully-operational system located on the Millstone Hill Radar/Haystack Observatory complex in Westford, MA. The image- intensified CCD imaging system will operate 15 nights/month compiling a multi-wavelength database containing a rich variety of sub-auroral ionosphere. A small effort in equatorial aeronomy using data sets obtained by other means is included. All of these studies merge optical, incoherent scatter radar and other radio and satellite observations consistent with CEDAR campaign science objectives. Fabrication of a Class-I imaging spectrograph and investigation of a new CCD detector for imaging are the major instrumentation components of the program.