IMAGE: Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Colloquium February 23, 2001
The geospace environment as viewed from space pre (DE-1/SAI) 2000 (IMAGE/EUV)
B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator
Charge Exchange A magnetically trapped ion captures an electron from a neutral hydrogen atom... …creating an energetic neutral atom (ENA) that is no longer trapped.
UV Detection Techniques
Radio Plasma Imaging
ENA Detection Techniques
UV Detection Techniques
B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator High-Energy Neutral Atom (HENA) Imager Lead Investigator: D. Mitchell, Applied Physics Lab
B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator Medium-Energy Neutral Atom (HENA) Imager Lead Investigator: C. Pollock, SwRI
B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator Low-Energy Neutral Atom (HENA) Imager Lead Investigator: T. Moore, NASA/GSFC
Extreme-Ultraviolet (EUV) Imager B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator Lead Investigator: B. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona
Far-Ultraviolet (EUV) Imager B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator Lead Investigator: S. Mende, UC Berkeley
MENA, CIDP SwRI LENA GSFC HENA APL EUV Univ. of Arizona FUV UC Berkeley RPI U. Mass/Lowell The IMAGE Science Payload
IMAGE Spacecraft in LMMS Shock Test Facility
“Bastille Day” Aurora
proton auroraelectron auroraproton + electron aurora Auroral proton and electron precipitation patterns
Proton precipitation patterns: Cusp & plasma tail footprint 24 June 2000 ~0200 UT
Plasmaspheric tail 11 August 2000
Flux Tube 20 August 2000
Isolated Flux Tube
Plasmasphere features 24 May 2000
Plasmaspheric features: Trough, shoulder, tail 24 May 2000
Comparison of EUV data with Rice Univ. Magnetospheric Specification Model
4:45 UT North 5:00 UT North 6:00 UT Weak North 7:30 UT South IMF Control of E penetration
The “Bastille Day” Magnetic Storm
HENA Ring Current Images
keV keV HENA Ring Current Images
HENA (39-60 keV) and EUV
FUV-WIC images from substorm on June 10, 2000
ENA Flux vs. Deconvolved Ions
LENA Solar Wind Neutrals + Polar Ion Outflow
LENA Solar Wind Neutrals
LENA Interstellar Neutrals
RPI: Ducted Echoes
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