High-Resolution F-Region Electrodynamics Studies Using the Arecibo Observatory All-Sky Camera Systems and Incoherent Scatter Radar

阿雷西博天文台现有的嵌套仪器通过提供能够全天、中尺度或局部视场的成像系统而得到增强。该仪器将成为阿雷西博社区可访问的资源，并在此专注于研究f区不规则性的触发机制。利用测量的电离层和热层边界条件对广义珀金斯不稳定性进行了模拟，以比较触发理论与观测结果。研究目标是分离不规则的产生机制，对不稳定结构的演变进行分类，并确定水平梯度（在状态变量中）在不规则产生中的作用，同时为整个社区提供广泛有用的研究工具。

Extant, nested instrumentation at the Arecibo Observatory is augmented by supply of an imaging system capable of all-sky, mesoscale, or local fields-of-view. This instrument is to become a community accessible resource at Arecibo, and is here focused on studies of the triggering mechanisms of F-region irregularities. Simulations of generalized Perkins instabilities using measured ionospheric and thermospheric boundary conditions are used to compare triggering theory with observations. The research goals are to isolate irregularity seeding mechanisms, to classify instability structure evolution, and to determine the role of horizontal gradients (in state variables) in the generation of irregularities - while providing a broadly useful research instrument to the community at-large.