HR: 08:30h
AN: SH31B-02    [Abstracts]
TI: Autonomous Antarctic Magnetometer Arrays to Support ICESTAR (Interhemispheric Conjugacy Effects in Solar - Terrestrial and Aeronomy Research)
AU: * Clauer, C R
EM: rclauer@umich.edu
AF: University of Michigan, Space Research Building 2455 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143 United States
AU: Musko, S
EM: musko@umich.edu
AF: University of Michigan, Space Research Building 2455 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143 United States
AU: Weatherwax, A T
EM: aweatherwax@siena.edu
AF: Siena College Siena College, Department of Physics 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY 12211 United States
AB: ICESTAR is a new SCAR (Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research) initiative striving for international coordination of interhemispheric research in the areas of solar-terrestrial physics and polar aeronomy, promoting exchange of research ideas, and sharing experimental data from various arrays of geophysical instruments deployed over the polar regions. A specific need for the ICESTAR program is additional high resolution autonomous magnetometer stations on the Antarctic Plateau to provide a dense two-dimensional array of stations conjugate to the station arrays in Greenland. The new stations would extend the existing British Antarctic Survey low power magnetometer array poleward and eastward. The new stations will utilize a low-noise, high resolution magnetometer to obtain 1-second data thus enabling magnetic pulsation investigations. An additional important design criteria is the need for near real time data access and this will be achieved using IRIDIUM satellite data acquisition. We present our design for the next generation Antarctic autonomous magnetometer station, deployment considerations, and a brief overview of ICESTAR scientific plans.
DE: 2494 Instruments and techniques
DE: 2784 Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions
DE: 2794 Instruments and techniques
DE: 0694 Instrumentation and techniques
SC: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics [SH]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting