ISINGLASS Rockets Launched
ISINGLASS launched two NASA rockets on February 22, 2017 and March 2, 2017 near the Poker Flats Range in Alaska to study the Aurora Borealis.
[more]ISINGLASS launched two NASA rockets on February 22, 2017 and March 2, 2017 near the Poker Flats Range in Alaska to study the Aurora Borealis.
[more]The upcoming ISINGLASS sounding rocket mission (February 2017, Poker Flat Rocket Range, Alaska) will sample multiple locations simultaneously in the auroral ionosphere to take gradient measurements of plasma parameters. Two identical rockets will be flown into two separate events (ie, quiet early evening arc vs dynamic rayed arc); each rocket has a large subpayload, and four small deployable payloads. The Principal Investigator is Dr. Kristina Lynch/Dartmouth College and you can read more at http://www.dartmouth.edu/~aurora/
[more]Travelling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs) result from large-scale waves in the upper atmosphere somewhat analogous to ocean waves, though propagating internal to the medium rather than on the surface. By transporting energy they play a role in determining the temperature profile of the upper atmosphere. They also affect radio signals propagating through and beneath the ionosphere.
[more]FACULTY CONTACT: Hans Mueller
[more]Space observatories are finding more and more stars that lose some of their atmosphere in the form of a stellar wind (like our Sun’s solar wind) which interacts with the ever-present interstellar gas in such a way that bow shocks and other interaction features light up. The project focuses on simulating this stellar wind / dense interstellar gas interaction in 3D, synthesizing observables numerically, and then comparing them to the observations to explore the physics of the interaction.
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