Multi-Station Auroral Spectroscopy

Information

• NSF Award
• 9022082

Owner

• Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.

• Award Id

  9022082

• Award Effective Date

  9/1/1991 - 33 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  2/28/1995 - 29 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 168,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Continuing grant

In this study the aurora will be viewed from Godhavan, Greenland (near the magnetic meridiana distance ~290km northwest of Sondre Stromfjord, Greenland) with an imaging spectrometer. Simultaneously the incoherent scatter radar and other optical instruments will view the same aurora in the magnetic zenith at Sondre Stromfjord. The method provides measurements of source emission intensities versus altitude, while simultaneous measurements of the particle beam is made with the radar. The first scientific objective is a study of electron beam versus emission heights. Studies of auroral arcs and thermospheric effects will also be performed. Two winter campaign periods are planned. A dedicated two week "aeronomy" campaign is planned where the radar will be predominantly operated looking up the magentic field. Operation is also planned for two additional two-week, low moon, periods with "shared" radar time. The first campaign will concentrate on the 420-800 nm spectral region. Height distributions of the entire spectrum will be measured. The spectral region for the second campaign will evolve from the results of the first.

• Program Officer

  Sunanda Basu

• Min Amd Letter Date

  9/24/1991 - 33 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  7/6/1993 - 31 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Lockheed Missiles and Space Company Inc

• City

  Palo Alto

• State

  CA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  3251 Hanover Street

• Postal Code

  943041121

• Phone Number

  6504242007

• First Name

  Stephen

• Last Name

  Mende

• Email Address

  mende@ssl.berkeley.edu

• Start Date

  9/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Gary

• Last Name

  Swenson

• Email Address

  swenson1@illinois.edu

• Start Date

  7/6/1993 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Space

• Code

  205000

• Name

  Atmospheric Sciences

• Code

  41

• Text

  AERONOMY

• Code

  1521