Norman Wells Auroral Observatory for SPIRIT II

Régions: Sahtu Settlement Area

étiquettes: physical sciences, atmospheric sciences, aurora borealis, ionosphere, magnetism

chercheur principal: Olson, John V. (2)
Nᵒ de permis: 11130
Organisation: Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Année(s) de permis: 1992 1991
Délivré: janv. 01, 1991
Équipe de projet: 2 or 3 assistants

Objectif(s): To provide near real time data of the aurora borealis; to study position, relative luminosity, magnetic variations, and ionospheric opacity to help determine the auroral activity and its effects upon the atmosphere;

Description du projet: The Team will place a remote aurora monitoring observatory to support a scientific experiment called SPIRIT II. The observatory in Norman Wells will fill in a gap in ther internationally collected and shared auroral data set.