CEDAR: Monitoring Equatorial Electrodynamics and Plasma Structure in the Central Pacific

ATM9813848研究人员将进行一项为期三年的研究计划，在此期间，赤道电动力学和等离子体结构的发展将首次在太平洋中部进行监测。 了解低纬电离层的电动力学对于解决与全球发电机系统和离子中性耦合有关的问题至关重要。 研究人员将使用频率捷变雷达（FAR）进行所需的测量。 目前部署在中太平洋波恩佩岛的FAR提供了一种监测电离层这一采样不足区域的手段。 调查人员将通过使用岛上已有的天线系统来尽量减少费用。 由此产生的数据将提供的基础，导致在赤道电离层等离子体结构的各种电动条件的全面调查。 这些测量数据还将为未来两年内发射的两颗卫星提供支持。

ATM9813848The investigators will conduct a three-year research program during which equatorial electrodynamics and the development of plasma structure will be monitored for the first time in the central Pacific. Understanding the electrodynamics of the low-latitude ionosphere is critical to problems related to the global dynamo system and ion-neutral coupling. The investigators will use a frequency agile radar (FAR) to make the needed measurements. The FAR, currently deployed on the island of Pohnpei in the central Pacific, offers a means to monitor this under-sampled region of the ionosphere. The investigators will minimize costs by using an antenna system already in place on the island. The resulting data will provide the basis for comprehensive investigations of various electrodynamical conditions that lead to plasma structuring in the equatorial ionosphere. The measurements will also support two satellites to be launched within the next two years.