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 National Science
Foundation Award #9119753 |
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Riometry in Antarctica and Conjugate Regions
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| Investigator(s): |
Theodore Rosenberg (PI)
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| Sponsor: |
University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 3014056269
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| Start Date/Expiration Date |
1992-07-15 to 1996-12-31 (amended 1994-07-20) |
| Awarded Amount to Date: |
$831,408 |
| Abstract: This project will continue and expand the study of the upper atmosphere, especially auroral phenomena, using photometry and riometric techniques. The PI has developed a new imaging riometer (relative ionospheric opacity meter) system called IRIS (Imaging Riometer for Ionospheric Studies). The first two IRIS's were installed at South Pole Station and Sondre Stromfjord, Greenland. A third IRIS will be installed at Iqiluit, NWT, Canada later this year. There are also broad-beam riometers operating at several frequencies at South Pole, McMurdo and Iqiluit as well as auroral photometers at South Pole and McMurdo. Iqiluit is the magnetic conjugate to South Pole. These instruments constitute a unique network with which to study auroral effects in both magnetic hemispheres simultaneously. The principal investigator is an internationally respected expert on the effects of precipitating electrons on the atmosphere. |
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| NSF Org: |
OPP - Office of Polar Programs |
| Award Number: |
9119753 |
| Award Instrument: |
Continuing grant |
| Program Manager: |
John T. Lynch
OPP Office of Polar Programs
O/D OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
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| NSF Program(s): |
ANTARCTIC AERONOMY & ASTROPHYS, ARCTIC NATURAL SCIENCES, ANTARCTIC AERONOMY & ASTROPHYS
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| Field Application(s): |
Atmospheric Sciences, Polar Programs-Related |
| Program Reference Code(s): |
SOLAR INFLUENCES, 1323
UNASSIGNED, 0000 |
| Program Element Code(s): |
5115
ARCTIC NATURAL SCIENCES, 5280
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