National Science Foundation funds creation of research observatory at Gakona
Posted April 6th, 2021 for Geophysical Institute April 06, 2021 / Rod Boyce A five-year, $9.3 million National Science Foundation grant will allow the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute to establish a new research observatory dedicated to exploring Earth’s upper atmosphere and geospace environment. The Subauroral Geophysical Observatory for Space Physics and Radio Science will be housed at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program site in Gakona, Alaska. The facility’s 33-acre Ionospheric Research Instrument will be the centerpiece of the ne...