Collaborative Research: RUI: Studies of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling and Space Weather Using the Magnetometer Array for Cusp and Cleft Studies (MACCS)

该项目将操作用于尖瓣和裂缝研究的磁力计阵列（MACCS）。 这些磁力计为研究高空电离层电流提供了重要的基础设施，在高空，能量从磁层和太阳风耦合到电离层。 除了继续运行MACCS磁力计外，该项目还将加强该系统，提供磁力计站点与奥格斯堡学院计算机系统之间的卫星通信，在奥格斯堡学院计算机系统中进行初步数据处理。 还将维持一个网站，向空间物理界免费提供数据。 将开展的研究课题包括研究电离层对流对行星际磁场变化的反应、移动对流涡旋以及各种超低频波和脉动现象。

This project will operate the Magnetometer Array for Cusp and Cleft Studies (MACCS). These magnetometers provide important infrastructure for studying ionospheric currents at high altitudes where energy is coupled to the ionosphere from the magnetosphere and solar wind. In addition to the continued operation of the MACCS magnetometers, this project will enhance the system by providing for satellite-based communications from the magnetometer sites to the Augsburg College computer system where the preliminary data processing is done. A web site will also be maintained to provide free access to the data to the space physics community. Research topics that will be undertaken include studies of the response of ionospheric convection to changes in the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), traveling convection vortices, and a variety of Ultra-Low-Frequency (ULF) wave and pulsation phenomena.