Long Term Observations of the Arctic Upper Atmosphere using the Kodiak SuperDARN Radar

该项目的总体目标是继续科迪亚克超级雷达的运作。超级双极光雷达网络是一个国际合作实验，用于观测地球高层大气中的等离子体运动。通过观察电离层等离子体运动，可以研究许多地球物理过程。这些过程的范围从e区等离子体的不稳定性，到极光发光和电场之间的关系，再到全球尺度对太阳风和行星际磁场变化的对流响应。这些研究领域中的每一个都有助于实现空间物理学的总体目标：了解从太阳风到地球上层大气的能量耦合及其对人类或人造系统的影响。Kodiak雷达特别适合研究对流观测、亚风暴过程、白天瞬变、尖端重连特征、流星散射中观测到的中间层风、重力波和热层-电离层相互作用等一般领域，这些将得到该奖项的支持。超级雷达雷达网络由北半球的9部雷达和南半球的7部雷达组成，每部雷达都由成员机构独立操作，并由其所在国的国家机构提供支持。由于这些网络的性质，来自superdamn网络的数据被如此广泛的科学家用于各种各样的研究，以至于很难产生一个全面的主题列表。

The overall goal of this project is to continue the operations of the Kodiak SuperDARN Radar. The Super Dual Auroral Radar Network, or SuperDARN, is an international collaborativeexperiment for observations of plasma motions in Earth's upper atmosphere. By observing ionospheric plasma motions, a multitude of geophysical processes can be studied. Theseprocesses range from E-region plasma instabilities, to the relationships between auroralluminosity and electric fields, to the global-scale convective response to changes in the solarwind and interplanetary magnetic field. Each of these areas of study contributes to the overallgoals of space physics: developing an understanding of the coupling of energy from the solarwind into Earth's upper atmosphere and its effects on man or manmade systems. The Kodiak radar is particularly well suited for studies of he general areas to be addressed are convection observations, substorm processes, dayside transients, reconnection features at the cusp, mesospheric winds observed in meteor scatter, gravity waves, and thermosphere-ionosphere interactions, and these will be supported by this award.The SuperDARN network comprises nine radars in the northern hemisphere, and seven radars inthe southern hemisphere, each operated independently by the member institutions, and supportedby the national agencies in their countries of residence. As is the nature of such networks, data from the SuperDARN network are used in such a wide variety of studies by such a wide range of scientists that it is prohibitive to produce a comprehensive list of the topics.