Balloon-Borne Observations of Auroral Precipitation in Coordination with ISTP Spacecraft

9223612 McCarthy法国图卢兹的Paul Sabatier大学计划于1994年8月发射四个装有科学仪器的气球，华盛顿大学（UW）已被邀请参加。 气球飞行的目的是研究极光波粒现象，并支持国际空间技术方案航天器的观测。 每个气球将携带一个针孔X射线相机，一个大型X射线光谱仪，一个VLF传感器，一个电场吊杆和一个磁力计。 这些仪器获得的数据将补充在ISTP航天器、GEOTAIL、WIND和POLAR以及其他航天器（FREJA和INTERBOL）上进行的测量。 气球和航天器观测还将得到地面观测的支持，如EISCAT和加拿大CANOPUS方案的非相干雷达设施。 因此，有机会利用从电离层到遥远的地磁尾和行星际空间等不同空间区域获得的数据，对大尺度和小尺度波粒现象进行全面研究。 这个协调的程序可以产生一个有价值的数据集，可以帮助解释复杂的地球物理数据。 该提案要求支持华盛顿大学参加法国气球计划。 我们被要求提供X射线照相机和数据处理单元（DPU）。 其他实验、气球和发射气球的人员将由法国和欧洲提供。 ***

9223612 McCarthy The Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, France is planning to launch four balloons equipped with scientific instruments in August 1994, and the University of Washington (UW) has been invited to participate. The purpose of the balloon flights is to study auroral wave-particle phenomena, and to support the ISTP spacecraft observations. Each balloon will carry a pinhole X-ray camera, a large X-ray spectrometer, a VLF sensor, an electric field boom, and a magnetometer. Data obtained by these instruments will complement the measurements made on the ISTP spacecraft, GEOTAIL, WIND, and POLAR, and other spacecraft (FREJA and INTERBOL). The balloon and spacecraft observations will also be supported by ground-based observations such as the incoherent radar facilities of EISCAT and the CANOPUS program in Canada. An opportunity thus exists to conduct a comprehensive study of both large- and small scale wave-particle phenomena using data obtained from different regions of space, from the ionosphere to the distant geomagnetic tail and interplanetary space. This coordinated program can yield a valuable data set that can help in the interpretation of complex geophysical data. This proposal requests support for the UW to participate in the French balloon program. We have been asked to provide the X-ray camera and data processing units (DPU). The other experiments, balloons, and the personnel to launch the balloons will be provided by France and Europe. ***