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The Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Research Laboratory (MIRL) at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS), University of New Hampshire contributes to a variety of research projects in space physics. The lab primarily focuses on the development of instrumentation for ground-based, rocket-based, and satellite observations of space physics phenomena and analysis of the resulting observations.
The current research projects are:
- Ground-based observations from ultra low frequency (ULF) and extremely low frequency (ELF) search-coil magnetometers for the study of magnetosphere-ionopshere coupling and its relationship with auroral phenomena.
- Rocket-borne observations from low light imager, UV PMT, particle detector for in-situ auroral measurements.
- Data analysis from a variety of satellite data
Updated News
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May 8, 2013 -- MIRL undergraduate John Heavisides has been awarded an International Research Opportunities Program (IROP) grant from the UNH Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research. With this grant, John will be spending the summer of 2014 in Oslo, Norway at the University of Oslo. There, he will work with physicist Joran Moen in an effort to better understand data from the 2012 MICA rocket mission.
John is the third undergraduate from MIRL to recieve the IROP grant. Prior recipients were Drummond Biles in 2012, and Chris Black in 2006. The IROP program seeks to allow qualified undergraduates international research opportunities during the summer between their junior and senior year. It serves to further the Hamel Center's mission to allow all undergraduates to have the opportunity to participate in research at UNH. More information on the IROP grant may be found on their website.
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April 29, 2013 -- Two new papers have been accepted for publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research:
"Persistent, widespread pulsating aurora: a case study" written by S. Jones, M. Lessard, K. Rychert, E. Spanswick, E. Donovan, and A. Jaynes.
"Multi-instrument Observations from Svalbard of a Traveling Convection Vortex, Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Wave Burst, and Proton Precipitation Associated with a Bow Shock Instability" written by M. J. Engebretson, T. K. Yeoman, K. Oksavik, F. Søraas, F. Sigernes, J. I. Moen, M. G. Johnsen, V. A. Pilipenko1, J. L. Posch1, M. Lessard, B. Lavraud, M. D. Hartinger, L. B. N. Clausen, T. Raita1, and C. Stolle.
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April 16, 2013 -- MIRL's Erik Lindgren will be attending the 2013 UNH Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) and presenting at the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (ISE) Symposium on April 24. The ISE alone draws over 400 students prsenting more than 180 presentations. The URC enters its 14th year and will host over 1000 undergraduates presenting their research from all fields, and is one of the largest presentation of its kind in the country. More information on the URC may be found on the URC website. Congratulations Erik!
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April 1, 2013 -- Fifty years ago today: In the JGR issue of April 1, 1963, UNH Professor Larry Cahill reported the disccovery of the magnetopause, using a UNH-built fluxgate magnetometer on the Explorer 12 satellite. UNH continues this tradition of research through rocketry to this day, with the recent MICA and upcoming RENU2 missions!
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March 8, 2013 -- MIRL's talents go beyond science: undergraduate research assistant Erik Lindgren is currently competing at the NCAA nordic ski championships! All of us here at the lab wish him the very best in all of his competitions. Readers interested in this story may find more information on UNH's athletic site.
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