Studies of Atmospheric Processes Using Imaging Science Techniques

航空学是一个强大的跨学科领域，从根本上依赖于多诊断观察和先进的计算机建模能力。本提案描述了现有的全天成像仪（ASIs）网络，以及它们对空间物理学中一些突出问题的贡献。“成像科学”一词用于描述实际二维发射图像所实现的探索途径，以及数据分析的可视化方面，以及建模结果的图形化描绘。团队科学工作所需的基础设施由经验丰富的PI团队和高级工作人员领导，负责仪器操作、观测、数据传输、数据管理和多个研究社区的快速可用性。这项工作是与研究同事和学生一起进行的，他们渴望利用新的观测来进一步研究电离层-热层-中间层（ITM）物理学。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Aeronomy is a field robustly interdisciplinary and fundamentally dependent upon multi-diagnostic observations and advanced computer modeling capabilities. This proposal describes networks of existing all-sky-imagers (ASIs) and the contributions they can make to some of the outstanding problems in Space Physics. The term “Imaging Science” is used to describe the avenues of exploration enabled by actual two-dimensional images of emission, as well as the visualization aspects of data analysis, and the pictoral portrayal of modeling results. The infra-structure required for a team science effort is led by an experienced team of PI and senior staff for instrument operations, observations, data transfer, data management and rapid availability to multiple research communities. The effort is conducted in conjunction with research colleagues and students eager to use new observations to further their studies of Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Mesosphere (ITM) physics.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.