NSF/AFOSR Astronomy: High Spatial and Spectral Resolution Studies of Jupiter and Saturn

美国空军位于夏威夷毛伊岛Haleakela的先进光电系统（AEOS）将与由首席研究员提供的声光可调滤光器（AOTF）仪器一起使用，详细研究气态外行星木星和土星大气的动力学、垂直结构和热平衡。研究生和本科生将参与项目的各个方面。AEOS自适应光学系统提供的高空间分辨率（20毫弧秒）高光谱图像将用于创建行星大气中不同高度的数据，以及不同相互作用的气体分子种类和大气气溶胶的数据。这些数据将被分析，以确定在行星盘上观察到的颜色的起源，并了解这些行星大气的物理和化学方面。* * *

Chanover, Nancy J.AST-0087111The Advanced Electro-Optical System (AEOS) on Haleakela, Maui, Hawaii of the US Air Force will be used with an Acousto-Optics Tunable Filter (AOTF) instrument provided by the principal investigator to study in detail, the dynamics, vertical structure and thermal balance of the atmospheres of the gaseous outer planets Jupiter and Saturn. Graduate students and undergraduate students will participate in all aspects of the project. Hyperspectral images at the high spatial resolution (20 milliarcseconds) provided by the adaptive optics of the AEOS will be used to create data at different elevations in the planetary atmosphere and for different interacting molecular species of gas and for atmosperic aerosols. These data will be analyzed to determine the origins of the colors observed on the planetary disk and to understand physical and chemical aspects of the atmospheres of these planets. ***