EAGER: Collaboration for the Development of an Advanced Geospace Radar

该奖项的首席研究员将与欧洲非相干散射协会（EISCAT）的同事合作开发一种名为EISCAT-3D的先进雷达系统。 EISCAT 3D将位于斯堪的纳维亚半岛，将是第一个全数字雷达系统，能够对地球空间环境进行三维立体成像。 PI将担任EISCAT 3D技术咨询委员会主席，并将为系统架构和设计做出贡献。 将开发的先进雷达技术将使人们能够对空间等离子体物理学、磁层-电离层耦合、长期气候趋势和空间气象进行新的研究。 EISCAT 3D设计基于最初由NSF资助的先进模块化非相干散射雷达（AMISR）的成功开发。 阿拉斯加和加拿大北极地区的AMISR系统已经证明了固态相控阵非相干散射雷达在测量能力、操作多功能性和易于部署方面的优点。 PI将担任EISCAT 3D技术咨询委员会主席。 他参与EISCAT 3D的开发将为美国和美国之间的技术和知识交流提供许多机会。S.和欧洲 这一努力将推动地球空间雷达系统的最新发展，实现一系列变革性的科学研究，并将有助于降低成本和风险。 拟开发的技术将是最先进的，并为今后的空间和天文学研究仪器铺平道路。

The Principal Investigator of this award will collaborate with colleagues of the European Incoherent Scatter Association (EISCAT) in the development of an advanced radar system called EISCAT-3D. EISCAT 3D will be located in Scandinavia and will be the first all-digital radar system, capable of three dimensional volumetric imaging of the geospace environment. The PI will be the chair of the EISCAT 3D Technical Advisory Committee and will contribute to the system architecture and design. The advanced radar technology to be developed will enable new research in space plasma physics, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, long-term climate trends, and space weather. The EISCAT 3D design builds from the successful development of the Advance Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar (AMISR) originally funded by NSF. AMISR systems in Alaska and Arctic Canada have demonstrated the merits of solid-state, phased array incoherent scatter radars in terms of measurement capabilities, versatility of operations, and ease of deployment. The PI will serve as Chair of EISCAT 3D Technical Advisory Committee. His involvement in the development of EISCAT 3D will provide many opportunities for technological and intellectual exchange between the U. S. and Europe. This effort will advance the state of the art in geospace radar systems, enable a host of transformative scientific research, and will help reduce cost and risk. The technology to be developed will be state of the art and pave the way for future instrumentation for space and astronomical research.