Award Abstract # 0517641
Collaborative Research: Coordinated Imaging and Scintillation Study of the Conjugate Nature of Equatorial Plasma Irregularities

NSF Org: AGS
Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
Recipient: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Initial Amendment Date: January 23, 2006
Latest Amendment Date: January 11, 2008
Award Number: 0517641
Award Instrument: Continuing Grant
Program Manager: Cassandra G. Fesen
AGS
 Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
GEO
 Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date: February 1, 2006
End Date: January 31, 2009 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount: $223,538.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date: $223,538.00
Funds Obligated to Date: FY 2006 = $78,296.00
FY 2007 = $71,740.00

FY 2008 = $73,502.00
History of Investigator:
  • Jonathan Makela (Principal Investigator)
    jmakela@illinois.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
506 S WRIGHT ST
URBANA
IL  US  61801-3620
(217)333-2187
Sponsor Congressional District: 13
Primary Place of Performance: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
506 S WRIGHT ST
URBANA
IL  US  61801-3620
Primary Place of Performance
Congressional District:
13
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): Y8CWNJRCNN91
Parent UEI: V2PHZ2CSCH63
NSF Program(s): AERONOMY
Primary Program Source: 01000809DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
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Program Reference Code(s): 0000, OTHR
Program Element Code(s): 152100
Award Agency Code: 4900
Fund Agency Code: 4900
Assistance Listing Number(s): 47.050

ABSTRACT

The propagation of F-region equatorial irregularities along a common magnetic flux tube or along nearly common flux tubes is investigated using instruments deployed at Neiva, Columbia and at Cerro Tololo, Chile. The instruments deployed are all-sky imaging systems using 777.4 nm, 620.0 nm, and 557.7 nm narrow-band filters, and 50-Hz high sampling rate "ScintMon" GPS receivers. These instruments are complemented by the Jicamarca Peru ISR, other GPS receivers in South America, and C/NOFS satellite measurements to determine how local irregularity and scintillation data can be reconciled with physics of plasma transport along an entire magnetic flux tube.

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Makela, J. J., M. C. Kelley, and R. T. Tsunoda "Observations of midlatitude ionospheric instabilities generating meter-scale waves at the magnetic equator" J. Geophys. Res. , v.114 , 2009 10.1029/2007JA012946
Makela, JJ; Miller, ES "Optical observations of the growth and day-to-day variability of equatorial plasma bubbles" JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS , v.113 , 2008 View record at Web of Science 10.1029/2007JA01266
Miller, E. S. and J. J. Makela "A Multi-instrument Technique for Localization of Equatorial Ionospheric Scintillations" J. Geophys. Res. , v.113 , 2008 10.1029/2008JA013144

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