Enhancement of Instrumentation for Clustered Mesospheric Studies at the Mid-Latitude Bear Lake Observatory (42°N)

这是一个主要的研究仪器奖，以加强现有的仪器在犹他州州立大学的熊湖天文台。 将对法布里-珀罗干涉仪、成像多普勒干涉仪和全天空成像仪进行升级。 这些仪器将用于研究大气区域与中间层、低热层和电离层长期趋势之间的耦合。 熊湖天文台从落基山脉中心的一个独特的Vantage位置提供数据，这是影响中层大气动力学的许多重力波的可能来源。 改进后的仪器将使BLO成为调查中纬度中间层和热层长期变化的关键地点。 新数据将补充和加强过去十年建立的现有数据库，该设施将为当前和未来的天基飞行任务提供关键的验证和相关测量。

This is a Major Research Instrumentation award to enhance the existing instrumentation at Utah State University's Bear Lake Observatory. Upgrades will be made to the Fabry-Perot Interferometer, the Imaging Doppler Interferometer, and the all-sky imager. The instruments will be used to study the coupling between atmospheric regions and long-term trends in the mesosphere, lower thermosphere, and ionosphere. The Bear Lake Observatory provide data from a unique vantage point in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, which are a likely source for many of the gravity waves that influence the dynamics of the middle atmosphere. The improved instrumentation will establish BLO as a key site for investigating long-term changes in the mid-latitude mesosphere and thermosphere. The new data will add to and strengthen the existing database that has been built up during the past decade, and the facility will provide key validation and correlative measurements for current and future space-based missions.