Collaborative Research: Electron Thermal Balance and Tests of Long Term Thermospheric Cooling at Arecibo

合作研究：阿雷西博的电子热平衡和长期热层冷却测试

• 批准号: 1011921
• 负责人: Herbert Carlson
• 金额: $ 62.38万
• 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: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2017-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1011921&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Electron; Thermal; Balance

This collaborative project has two primary goals: (1) to resolve a long-standing discrepancy in data/model comparisons of electron energy balance in the mid-latitude F-region ionosphere from ~105-600 km, and (2) to assess potential secular temperature trends associated with global change. Both studies will utilize highly-precise measurements of ionospheric composition and temperature acquired from incoherent scatter radar (ISR) at Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, under both active and quiet solar cycle conditions.

该合作项目有两个主要目标：(1) 解决中纬度 F 区电离层 ~105-600 km 电子能量平衡数据/模型比较中长期存在的差异，(2) 评估潜力与全球变化相关的长期温度趋势。 这两项研究都将利用波多黎各阿雷西博天文台的非相干散射雷达（ISR）在活跃和安静太阳周期条件下对电离层成分和温度进行高精度测量。