Upper Atmospheric and Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling Using the Kodiak SuperDARN Radar

该合同支持阿拉斯加科迪亚克超级雷达的操作和维护以及使用网络数据的相关研究。superdam是一个国际高频雷达网络，用于测量地球电离层中电离等离子体的运动。在高纬度地区，等离子体运动表明了太阳风、磁层和上层大气之间的耦合过程。Kodiak SuperDARN站点的操作任务包括定期对站点进行维护访问、软件维护、开发控制程序、更新操作计划、监控从雷达到SuperDARN存档的数据传输状态、维护本地计算机系统以托管数据，以及支持用户使用和解释数据。研究计划包括亚暴研究、极光电场、不规则产生、电离层等离子体的中性风强迫、半球共轭现象研究、对流动力学和对流建模。该研究解决了空间物理学的一些基本问题，并且superdamn网络的持续运行推进了对地球高层大气、电离层和磁层的理解，以及太阳扰动对地球等离子体环境的影响。更广泛的影响包括为了科学界的利益而维护科学基础设施。超级雷达在空间物理和航空领域有着广泛的应用，每一种雷达都起着至关重要的作用。因为它是一个国际网络，超级联盟促进了成员国之间的合作。目前至少有10个国家支持superdam的工作。它在这些国家的空间物理研究项目中发挥着重要作用。这项计划所促进的科学合作也将有助于下一代科学家的教育。

This award supports the operation and maintenance of the Kodiak, Alaska, SuperDARN radar and associated research using data from the network. SuperDARN is an international network of high frequency radars that measure the motion of ionized plasma in Earth's ionosphere. At high latitudes, the plasma motion is indicative of coupling processes between the solar wind, the magnetosphere, and the upper atmosphere. Operational tasks for the SuperDARN site at Kodiak include periodic maintenance visits to the site, software maintenance, development of control programs, updating the operating schedule, and monitoring the status of data transfers from the radar to the SuperDARN archive, maintenance of local computer systems to host the data, and support of users in the use and interpretation of the data. The research plan includes substorm studies, auroral electric fields, irregularity generation, neutral wind forcing by the ionospheric plasma, investigation of hemispheric conjugate phenomena, convection dynamics, and convection modeling. The study addresses some of the fundamental problems of space physics, and continued operation of the SuperDARN network advances understanding of the Earth's upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere, and the impact of solar disturbances on the Earth's plasma environment. Broader impacts include the maintenance of scientific infrastructure for the benefit of the scientific community. SuperDARN is widely used in the space physics and aeronomy community and each radar plays an essential role. Because it is an international network, SuperDARN fosters collaboration among member nations. There are currently at least ten nations that support SuperDARN work. It plays an important role in the space physics research programs in each of these nations. The cooperative scientific effort fostered under this program will also contribute to the education of the next generation of scientists.