Magnetometer Array for Cusp and Cleft Studies (MACCS)
Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Kivalliq Region, Nunavut
Tags: solar energy, magnetic field, aurora borealis, ionosphere, solar wind
| Principal Investigator: | Engebretson, Mark (3) |
| Licence Number: | 12223 |
| Organization: | Boston University, Augsburg College |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1994
1993
1992
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1992 |
| Project Team: | W. Jeffrey Hughes, Gordon Rostoker, John Samson, Laurence Cahill, Jr. |
Objective(s): To measure the magnetic field fluctuations caused by ionospheric electric currents associated with the aurora;
Project Description: The researcher and his team will install magnetometers, instruments that passively measure the earth's magnetic field, at four sites. The MACCS project is part of a large international campaign to better understand the transfer of energy from the sun, via the solar wind, to the eath's magnetosphere and ionosphere.
