CEDAR: Coordinated Incoherent Scatter Radar and Fabry-Perot Interferometer Measurements in Peru and Arecibo

PI建议继续利用法布里-珀罗干涉仪和来自秘鲁和波多黎各的非相干散射雷达观测，对低纬度和赤道热层风和等离子体漂移进行协调研究。该项目的主要目标是详细了解赤道和低纬度电离层-热层耦合。与M. A. Biondi和J. W. Meriwether合作进行了赤道等离子体漂移和中性风的研究。该计划建议利用阿雷西博天文台的广泛雷达和光学测量来扩大低纬度地区的研究。这些研究将补充PI使用非相干散射雷达观测的低纬度电动力学研究。PI将继续得到M. A. Biondi和J. W. Meriwether的科学支持（免费）。PI还将与MISETA项目的成员密切合作。感兴趣的主要议题包括热层风的季节、太阳和磁活动依赖性、中性风与等离子体漂移之间的关系（作为纬度的函数）、电离层扰动发电机的影响以及热层环流模式的验证。PI建议继续分析犹他州立大学的雷达和光学数据，并将测量结果提供给CAT（热层协调分析）和其他协调的CEDAR项目，也提供给NCAR数据库。

The PI proposes to continue coordinated studies of low latitude and equatorial thermospheric wind and plasma drifts using Fabry-Perot interferometer and incoherent scatter radar observations from Peru and Puerto Rico. The main goal of this project is the detailed understanding of equatorial and low latitude ionosphere-thermosphere coupling. The study of equatorial plasma drift and neutral winds has been carried out in collaboration with M. A. Biondi and J. W. Meriwether. The PI proposes to expand the low latitudes studies using extensive radar and optical measurements from the Arecibo Observatory. These studies will complement the PI's studies of the low latitude electrodynamics using incoherent scatter radar observations. The PI will continue to have the scientific support (at no cost) of M. A. Biondi, and also of J. W. Meriwether. The PI will also cooperate closely with the members of the MISETA project. The main topics of interest include the seasonal , solar and magnetic activity dependencies of the thermospheric winds, the relationship between the neutral winds and the plasma drifts as a function of latitude, the effects of the ionospheric disturbance dynamo, and the validation of thermospheric circulation models. The PI proposes to continue to analyze both the radar and optical data at Utah State University and to make the measurements available to the CAT (Coordinated Analysis of the Thermosphere) and for other coordinated CEDAR projects, and also to the NCAR database.