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


U
pdated News

  • April 26, 2012 -- Marc Lessard was recently interviewed for a National Geographic article about Project Aether, a low-cost balloon project aimed at auroral research. Read the full article here

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