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Aeronomy and Astrophysics Program. Aeronomy, Space Physics, and Astrophysics Program. Vladimir Papitashvili Antarctic Sciences Section NSF/Office of Polar Programs. Antarctic Research. Research aimed at exploration of Antarctica Examples: Aerogeophysics and geology
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Aeronomy and Astrophysics Program Aeronomy, Space Physics, and Astrophysics Program Vladimir Papitashvili Antarctic Sciences Section NSF/Office of Polar Programs
Antarctic Research • Research aimed at exploration of Antarctica • Examples: • Aerogeophysics and geology • Sea-floor mapping • Long-term ecological research • Life sciences • Research on Antarctica’s role in global systems • Examples: • Ozone, greenhouse gases • Ocean circulation and sea level • Climate changes • Continental drift • 3. Research using Antarctica as a platform • Examples: • Seismic studies • Meteorite collection • Aeronomy and upper atmosphere • Space physics • Astronomy and astrophysics
South Pole Station • Neutrino astrophysics and radio astronomy to test cosmological models • Space physics and upper atmospheric studies to forecast space weather • Ozone depletion, monitoring of UV radiation to test global warming • Atmospheric constituents and pollution • Palaeoclimatic records from snow and ice • Human behavioral studies • Global seismology U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
Aeronomy, Space and Astrophysics Research • high, dry, cold atmosphere with negligible variability —almost space-like conditions • clarity of the continental ice for the largest neutrino telescope • polar vortex permits long duration balloon-borne experiments • geomagnetic focus of solar and cosmic particles and fields (aurora australis) • unique photochemistry creates the ozone hole U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
AMANDA - Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array Neutrino telescopes look through the Earth to understand how Mother Nature can accelerate particles to very high energies (tera- and peta-electron volts) U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
IceCube A new neutrino telescope of 1-km3 scale • To detect high-energy neutrinos from deep space • To probe new window into the Universe U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
Radio Astronomy (Sub-MM and Infrared) – AST/RO, ACBAR, SPARO, SPIREX, DASI Temperature variations (µK)(inflationary model and data)
Cosmic Microwave Background Research A new 10-m dish radio telescope – to test inflation of the Universe 45 m 16 m SPT– FY07 SPT– FY07
Sun –Earth Connections AURORA BOREALIS AND AURORA AUSTRALIS
U.S. Automatic Geophysical Observatories Ozone HoleSeptember 2000 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
Antarctic Aeronomy, Space Physics & Astrophysics FundingFY01FY02FY03FY04 Aeronomy $0.6M $0.6M $1.2M $0.5M New Proposals0/2 0/2 4/0 3/2 Space Physics $1.8M $1.0M $1.7M $2.1M New Proposals5/04/13/012/5 Astrophysics $3.4M $7.9M $6.7M $7.3M New proposals3/44/23/67/3 Total $5.8M $9.5M $9.6M $9.9M Funded/Declined8/68/510/622/10 Proposals deadline is around June 1 of each year OPP also holds funds for cross-directorate programs: ITR ($1.5M) and MRI ($1.1M)
Antarctic Aeronomy, Space Physics & Astrophysics – Budget Profile $M FY05 commitments: 75% of the base budget ($9.9M)