Collaborative Research: Development of a Power and Communication System for Remote Autonomous GPS and Seismic Stations in Antarctica

该项目开发电力和通信系统，以支持南极洲地震仪和全球定位系统接收器在整个极夜的运行。就智力价值而言，这一系统将允许人们在冰盖运动、板块构造和地球深层结构等不同领域探讨一类新的地球物理问题。就更广泛的影响而言，该项目代表了许多科学学科可能使用的研究基础设施。此外，研究结果还将提高社会对南极冰盖及其应对全球变暖行为的了解。

This project develops power and communications systems to support the operation of seismometers and GPS receivers in Antarctica throughout the polar night. In terms of intellectual merit, this system would allow a new class of geophysical questions to be approached, in areas as varied as ice sheet movement, plate tectonics, and deep earth structure. In terms of broader impacts, this project represents research infrastructure of potential use to many scientific disciplines. In addition, the results will improve society's understanding of the Antarctic ice sheet and its behavior in response to global warming.