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ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Strategic Core Activities for the Space Physics group at the University of Bergen (SCASP-UiB)

Prosjektet omhandler både sol-jord vekselvirkning (Cluster), konjugert nordlys (global avbildning) og studier av jordiske gammaglimt. Postdoc/forsker som er knyttet til prosjektet har delvis fokusert på jordiske gammaglimt og Cluster studier, som avtalt. Prosjektet knytter seg også opp ...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2015

Location: Vestland

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Space and ground-based observations of the solar atmosphere

We here apply for funds to observe, analyze and understand the very fine substructure of magnetic features like pores, sunspots and areas where magnetic flux emergence is occurring. The solar magnetic field is generated in the tachocline (the transition region between the radiative interior and...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2013

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Magnetic Activity of the Atmospheres of M-type Dwarf Stars

Being the most frequent stars in the universe, dwarf stars of spectral type M ("M-dwarfs") are not only of large interest for our understanding of stars but for a wide range of topics including the chemical composition and evolution of the universe. Unfor tunately, many properties of the atmosphe...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2014

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Norwegian Participation in the Hinode and IRIS satellites

Solens varierende magnetfelt er ansvarlig for den kraftige oppvarmingen av de ytre solatmosfærelagene: kromosfæren blir gjerne varmet til ti tusen grader, mens solens koronatemperatur er godt over en million grader. Magnetfeltet og de høye temperaturen e er kilden til solvinden, og dermed til "ro...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2014

Location: Oslo

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Multiseasonal, multifrequency, multipolarization, and multiresolution radar speckle and feature tracking for Arctic glacier velocities

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Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2016

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Cluster Multi-Spacecraft Studies of Energy and Mass Transport in the Magnetosphere

With this project, we plan to utilize scientific data from the Cluster mission in order to obtain a better understanding of energy transport and physical processes in the terrestrial magnetosphere. Specifically, we plan to address the following scien ce issues : a) Try to estimate the net lo...

Awarded: NOK 0.36 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2013

Location: Vestland

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Terrestrial Gamma Flashes - the Most Energetic Photon Phenomenon in our Atmosphere

Gjennom ASIM prosjektet har vi utviklet en detektor modul for måling av gamma-fotoner som blir produsert i forbindelse med tordensystemer, de såkallte terrestrial gamma flashes (TGF), eller jordiske gammaglimt. Vi videreutvikler dette modulære konseptet for å optimalisere instrumentets egenskaper...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2016

Location: Vestland

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Cosmology with galaxy clusters

Clusters of galaxies are extremely sensitive to the underlying cosmology. In this project, this sensitivity will be exploited in two different ways: 1. The abundances of clusters: A significant large new data set of massive galaxy clusters from the ESA Planck mission will be exploited to deri...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2013

Location: Oslo

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Imaging of auroral fine scale structures and dynamics

We will continue our studies of the Naturally Enhanced Ion Acoustic Lines (NEIALs) as observed with the EISCAT radars. This project also has a technical part, namely the development and utilisation of interferometric and novel imaging techniques (Aperture Synthesis Imaging Radar, ASIR) to fully ...

Awarded: NOK 0.77 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2019

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

ICI 2011-2013: Investigation of cusp irregularities and GNSS scintillations by sounding rockets

There is a well documented phenomenological relationship between the northern lights, polar cap patches, and scatter of HF radio waves, but the underlying processes remain to be understood. GHz frequencies used in critical infrastructure, for satellite co mmunication and navigation systems, are a...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2015

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

MAXIDUSTY - investigations on dust particles in the Earths summer and winter mesosphere

Dust and aerosols are major components in all height regions of the Earths atmosphere. They affect the radiation balance of the Earth, atmospheric chemical reactions occur on them, they affect and can dominate the electric charge balance, and they can be sources and sinks for important ...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2015

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Norwegian use of the Planck LFI experiment and QUIET

The European Planck space mission was launched in May 2009 and is mapping in detail the Cosmic Microwave Background with sensitivity and resolution unreachable by any other foreseen experiments, making possible addressing many of the most fundamental ques tions of cosmology. Based on the commitm...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2013

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Investigation of Arctic rivers runoff, spread and role in global carbon cycle using the Earth Explorer - SMOS

CO2 is the major anthropogenic forcing factor for climate change. Marine CO2 sink depends on CO2 concentration which, in turn is strongly dependent upon the input of organic carbon from land with river discharge. Dissolved fraction of organic carbon (DOC) in riverine waters spreads over vast oce...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2011

Location: Vestland

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Norwegian Participation in Euclid: Massive Neutrinos and Dark Couplings

One of the most outstanding problems in physics and astrophysics today is the existence of dark energy, which is inferred from the apparent accelerated expansion of the universe. Dark energy is believed to comprise about 70% of the energy content of the u niverse today, however, it's nature is la...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2013

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Observations of Middle Atmopshere Dynamics by Na Lidar

Atmospheric gravity waves have a significant impact on the dynamics of the middle atmosphere. For instance breaking gravity waves lead to a momentum flux convergence and an acceleration of the background flow. Due to the filtering of gravity waves in the stratosphere, the acceleration of the bac...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Solar Atmospheric Modelling

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Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2014

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Making sense of SMOS soil moisture observations over Norway and Northern Areas

This project is for a PhD studentship to make more sense of SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) soil moisture observations over Norway and Northern Areas. The recently launched SMOS satellite provides data with relatively coarse spatial resolution (~4 3 km footprint), a limited instantaneous ...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2015

Location: Akershus

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

CryoSat land and sea ice studies in the Arctic

Main objective of the CISAR project is developing methodology for use of CryoSat-2 radar altimeter data in combination with SAR data in Arctic land and sea ice studies and education of young scientists. CryoSat-2 satellite mission, launched in April 2010, will extend the coverage of conventional...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Norwegian validation and exploitation of GOCE gravity data

The Nordic countries constitute a key study region for Earth system sciences. The climate is strongly depending on ocean currents in the North Atlantic. A detailed description of the currents is a key to a better understanding of regional and global clima te mechanisms. A crucial quantity for rel...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Akershus

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

The Modular X-ray and Gamma Sensor (MXGS) on Atmosphere-Space Interaction Monitor (ASIM) and the study of Terrestrial Gamma Flashes

As ASIM is now moving into the implementation phase, we want to strengthen the Norwegian ASIM team both regarding scientific research and technical support. By requesting a post-doctoral fellowship we will attack some of the unresolved questions related to terrestrial gamma flashes (TGF). This ...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Vestland

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Backscatter and Doppler Velocities from Ocean Surface Currents and Sea Ice in Synthetic Aperture Radar

A Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) emits and records long wave electromagnetic signals, using a side looking configuration and the motion relative to the Earth surface to obtain high resolution images. It has recently been demonstrated by Chapron et al. (20 03, 2005) and Johannessen et al. (2008) t...

Awarded: NOK 0.83 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Vestland

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Impact of meteor showers on mesospheric smoke particles - Geminides campaign

This proposal concerns expenses for launching and data analysis of a campaign to be carried out in 2010, in cooperation with Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) in Kühlungsborn, Germany. This application is for the Norwegian part (approx 50%) of the co sts. We will launch rockets from Andøya ...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Akershus

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Solar Atmospheric Modelling

This application is for additional funds to the project "Solar Atmospheric Modelling" that is funded for 2009-2011 (project 191814/V30). Solar magnetism lies at the root of most solar and heliospheric physics. The intricate structure of the solar field, the activity cycle and the influence of t...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Probing the sources of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays with a multi-messenger approach

Main aim of the present project is to test the longstanding suggestion that active galactic nuclei (AGN) are the acceleration sites of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays (UHECR). The solution to the question ``what are the sources of UHECRs and how are they accelerated?'' should become accessible ...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

BepiColombo: Mefisto: Mercury Electric Field In-Situ TOol

The BepiColombo orbiters to Mercury, the ESA Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and the JAXA Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) will make observations of many sides of the planet possible; the interior and the surface of Mercury, the planet's magnetic fiel d and magnetosphere and the interaction b...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Norwegian participation in Euclid, ESA's next cosmology mission

Euclid is one of the main competitors for becoming the first "M-mission" in ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 programme with a target launch date of 2015. Its main aim is to study the expansion history of the universe and the growth rate of cosmic perturbatio ns throughout the history of the universe...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

The Norwegian Cluster studies 2010-2012

This is a joint project submitted by researchers from the University of bergen (UiB), the University of Oslo (UiO), the University Studies on Svalbard (UNIS) and the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (NDRE) to support Norwegian Cluster studies for 2010-2012. The main themes of the propos...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Vestland

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Gravity-wave sources and scales in the Polar Regions and their effect on Polar Mesospheric Clouds

Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMC) are tenuous ice clouds forming in the polar regions near 81 km during the summer months in conditions resulting from the dynamic wave forcing of this region. PMC are at the limits of their existence, and changes in their den sity or occurrence rate have been cited a...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

PLASMA PHENOMENA IN THE EARTHS NEAR SPACE ENVIRONMENT

The proposal addresses parts of the STAR-project at the Department of Physics, University of Oslo. One of the basic problems addressed by the STAR-project is analysis and interpretation of data from instrumented spacecrafts. We propose a study of plasma p henomena in the Earths near and also more...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

MULTI-TEMPORAL SAR IMAGE ANALYSIS Robust surface change detection and time series analysis of SAR and POLSAR images

This project intend to develop advanced signal processing and information retrieval approaches for tem- poral analysis of SAR and POLSAR data, which can result in robust change detection and trend analysis algorithms. Within this research area, we will focus on two important aspects; namely mu...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa