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The NORSTAR Dense Array will consist of three or four high resolution wide field of view (FOV) digital white-light imagers deployed in close proximity. These imagers will be deployed on a cam-paign basis (typically lasting weeks to months), operated by students, and will produce data that will be ut...
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| Summary: | The NORSTAR Dense Array will consist of three or four high resolution wide field of view (FOV) digital white-light imagers deployed in close proximity. These imagers will be deployed on a cam-paign basis (typically lasting weeks to months), operated by students, and will produce data that will be utilized in meeting the scientific objectives outlined below. The imagers will have higher spatial resolution than typical All-Sky Imagers. Multiple overlapping FOVs will create an extended latitude range over which spatial structures can be determined without the ambiguities that plague “off-zenith ” auroral observations, and support reconstruction of the height profiles of auroral emis-sions through tomographic reconstruction. A possible deployment of the Dense Array is shown in the map below. Athabasca Alberta is located at 54.72 ◦ latitude and 246.72 ◦ longitude, about 1.5 hours drive north of Edmonton. Fort McMurray is located 4 hours drive further north. The high-way stops at Fort McMurray, and our intention is to deploy the imagers at air polution monitoring stations that keep watch over the environmental impact of the Alberta Tarsands project. |
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