CEDAR: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Support for CEDAR Science

对这一项目的支持将把DMSP航天器对电离层参数的测量结果纳入各种数据库。这些参数包括离子浓度、组成和温度、电子温度和离子漂移速度。受这些数据影响的雪松科学区域，PI计划研究的是亚极光。研究目标包括：(1)利用DMSP数据，研究Millstone Hill雷达在磁暴期间对低纬度地区能量场的穿透；(2)获得南半球的共轭数据；(3)通过电子温度的可用性，将研究扩展到伴随极化喷流的SAR弧特征。最后，其他NSF倡议（即MISETA和Jicamarca运动）将受益于DMSP测量。

Support for this project will incorporate measurements of ionospheric parameters from the DMSP spacecraft into various data bases. These parameters include the ion concentration, composition, and temperature, the electron temperature, and the ion drift velocity. The CEDAR science area influenced by this data that the PI plans to study is sub-auroral. A number of objectives are: (1) studying the penetration of energy fields to lower latitudes as seen by the Millstone Hill radar during magnetic storms with the addition of the DMSP data, (2) obtaining conjugate data from the southern hemisphere, and (3) extending the study to the SAR arc features that accompany the polarization jets through the availability of electron temperature. Finally, other NSF initiatives (i.e., MISETA and Jicamarca campaigns) will benefit from DMSP measurements.