Completion of the Tasman International Geospace Environment Radar (TIGER)

TIGER是研究空间天气过程与电离层耦合的国际高频雷达联盟(SuperDARN)的一部分。这对无线电、导航和监视网络至关重要。TIGER提供了重要的新信息，因为它将全球雷达覆盖范围显著向赤道延伸，并且可以与南极洲和阿拉斯加的其他雷达相结合。然而，进行这些研究所需的两台TIGER雷达中只有一台已经建成。这项提议是为了完成第二个雷达，设在新西兰。美国空军已经为该项目拨款44.3万澳元。

TIGER is part of an international high frequency radar consortium (SuperDARN) studying the coupling of space weather processes to the ionosphere. This is critical for radio, navigation and surveillance networks. TIGER provides important new information because it extends the global radar coverage significantly equatorward, and it can be combined with other radars in Antarctica and Alaska. However, only one of the two TIGER radars necessary to carry out these studies has been built. This proposal is for completion of the second radar, to be located in New Zealand. The US Air Force has already granted A$443k toward this project.