CEDAR: Bear Lake Observatory--A Mid-Latitude CEDAR Facility for Middle and Upper Atmosphere Studies

CEDAR：熊湖天文台——用于中高层大气研究的中纬度 CEDAR 设施

• 批准号: 9302354
• 负责人: Vincent Wickwar
• 金额: $ 28.97万
• 依托单位: Utah State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-02-01 至 1997-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9302354&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CEDAR; Bear; Lake; Observatory; Mid

The observations of the middle and upper atmosphere that can be made at Bear Lake Observatory are vital to the CEDAR objectives of studying coupling among different regions of the atmosphere. Mid-latitude observations provide a very different perspective of coupling compared to those made in the auroral zone and polar cap or in the equatorial region. There are two categories of problems that are particularly amenable to study from a mid-latitude site, and these are being pursued from BLO. The first studies atmospheric processes where the influence of magnetospheric processes are minimal. The other studies extensions of magnetospheric influences into the mid-latitude region, which may occur from an expansion of the auroral region towards the equator or from enhancements of ring-current effects extending poleward.

可以在熊湖天文台进行的中层和上层大气的观察对于研究大气不同区域之间耦合的雪松目标至关重要。 与在极光区和极性帽或赤道区域中的耦合相比，中纬度观测提供了耦合的截然不同的视角。 有两类问题特别可以从中纬度部位进行研究，而这些问题是从BLO中追求的。 第一批研究大气过程，其中磁层过程的影响很小。 其他研究的磁层影响扩展到中纬度区域，这可能是由于极光区域向赤道的扩展或环电流效应的增强而发生的。