The Governors of the University of Calgary
$4,980,130.00 CAD
- Department
- Canadian Space Agency
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2022-2023
- Agreement period
- March 31, 2023 – March 31, 2029
- Reference
- csa-asc:003-2022-2023-Q4-00010
Published purpose
Space Environment Canada is a consortium bringing together the CARISMA, TREx-ASI, AUTUMN, AUGO, SWAN, AuroraX, AuroraMAX, and Aurora Watch projects. This is a ground-based network of magnetometers, multi-spectral ASIs, single beam hyper-spectral riometers, additional specialized optical, radio, and magnetic instruments, and very mature data dissemination systems. The network spans most of Canada, and captures multi-scale processes and structures with scale sizes ranging from kilometers to thousands of kilometers. This project is a collaboration between the University of Calgary, the University of Alberta and Athabasca University.
In plain English AI-generated
Funding supports a consortium of Canadian universities operating a ground-based network of instruments to monitor and study space weather and auroral phenomena across Canada.
Category: Research Primarily funds activity in Canada
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