RUI: Exploiting Innovative Radio Techniques for the Study of Plasma Turbulence and Structure

该合同为波多黎各Aquadilla的操作提供了一个成像无线电阵列，该阵列将为观察f区电离层中强大的阿雷西博天文台加热器产生的无线电波效应提供出色的诊断能力。美洲大学Aquadilla成像设施将能够观察受热区域的空间分布。该阵列还将探测和跟踪阿雷西博加热器系统在磁场线上产生的这些波的运动。它还将观察到由受热区域发出的波结构的增长和衰减。该奖项将支持一名全职博士后助理和三名欧洲研究生的暑期参与。该奖项将支持Aquadilla无线电阵列应用于阿雷西博天文台加热产生的大范围无线电波发射的研究。该奖项将增强美洲大学和波多黎各的大气、空间和无线电基础设施的研发能力，并将支持STEM本科教育和研究生研究项目的发展。该项目将促进当地学生和教师合作使用阿雷西博天文台的设施，从而支持天文台的长期未来。阵列的使用和发展将推动新的无线电技术和技术的发展。技术应用领域包括成像技术、天线技术、超视距雷达、远程通信以及天基通信和导航。本文提出的工作促进了短波无线电技术的发展。短波通信和短波雷达是重要的战略技术，前者不依赖于空间系统，后者的隐身技术在很大程度上是无效的。

The award provides for the operations at Aquadilla in Puerto Rico an imaging radio array that would provide an excellent diagnostic capability for observing the radio wave effects generated by the powerful Arecibo Observatory heater in the F-region ionosphere. The InterAmerican University Aquadilla imaging facility would be capable of observing the spatial distribution of the heated region. This array would also detect and track the motions of these waves generated by the Arecibo heater system across the magnetic field line. It would also observe the growth and decay of the wave structures emitted by the heated region. A full time post-doctoral associate and the summer participation of three European graduate students would be supported with this award.The award would support the use of the Aquadilla radio array in application to the study of a wide range of radio wave emissions generated by the Arecibo Observatory heating. The award would enhance the R&D capabilities of the atmospheric, space, and radio infrastructure at Inter American University and in Puerto Rico, and would support STEM undergraduate education and the development of graduate research programs. The project would promote collaborative use of the facilities of the Arecibo Observatory by local students and faculty, thereby supporting the longer-term future of the Observatory. The use and development of the array will drive the development of new radio techniques and technologies. Areas of technological application include imaging techniques, antenna technologies, over-the-horizon radar, long-range communications, and space-based communication and navigation. The work proposed here promotes the development of shortwave radio technologies. Shortwave communications, which do not depend on space systems, and of shortwave radar, against which stealth technologies are largely ineffective, are important and strategic technologies.