University of Calgary

$180,000.00 CAD

≈ 2 Canadians' average pay for a year

Department: Canadian Space Agency
Program: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Recipient country: Canada
Fiscal year: 2014-2015
Agreement period: February 13, 2015 – —
Reference: csa-asc:003-2014-2015-Q4-02463

Published purpose

This project is entitled ""Modeling substorm dipolarization and energetic particle precipitation in the ionosphere"". The project team will develop a computer-based model showing the changes in the Earth's magnetic field that create energized electrons and other charged particles during geomagnetic storms. This represents a serious threat to satellites as their electronic components are sensitive to these particles. The team will use data from Canadian instrument arrays deployed across Canada that observe the ionosphere and aurora to develop and test their simulations.

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