CEDAR-TIMED: Development of an All-Sky Imaging Chain for Collaborative Investigations of Small-Scale Gravity Wave Dynamics in the MLT Region

研究人员将建立一个全天成像系统的纬度链，以便能够对小尺度重力波及其对中间层和低热层的影响进行雪松时间的研究。Cedar是大气区域耦合、能量和动力学的缩写，是一个将理论建模与地面测量相结合来研究高层大气和电离层的全球变化计划。Timed是NASA的一个卫星项目，用于研究热层、电离层、中间层能量学和动力学，以研究类似的大气区域。Cedar/Timed联合方案旨在协调地面和空间观测，以更好地了解较低热层和电离层的物理过程。组成这一链的三个成像仪将分别位于犹他州北部的熊湖天文台、新墨西哥州的星火光学设施和科罗拉多州的大荣恩。这些全天空摄像机将与犹他州立大学和加州大学伯克利分校的调查人员合作部署和操作。

The investigators will establish a latitudinal chain of all-sky imaging systems to enable CEDAR-TIMED studies of small-scale gravity waves and their effects upon the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. CEDAR, which stands for Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions, is a global change program that combines theoretical modeling with ground-based measurements to study the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. TIMED, for Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics, is a NASA satellite program to study similar regions of the atmosphere. The joint CEDAR/TIMED program aims to coordinate ground-based and space-based observations to achieve better understanding of physical processes in the lower thermosphere and ionosphere. The three imagers that make up the chain will be located at the Bear Lake Observatory in northern Utah, the Starfire Optical Facility in New Mexico, and in Grand Junction, Colorado. The all-sky cameras will be deployed and operated in collaboration with investigators from Utah State University and University of California at Berkeley.