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IMAGE: Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration

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-1981. 1981 (DE-1/SAI). 2000 (IMAGE/EUV). B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator.

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IMAGE: Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration

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  1. IMAGE: Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Colloquium • February 23, 2001

  2. The geospace environment as viewed from space pre-1981 1981 (DE-1/SAI) 2000 (IMAGE/EUV)

  3. B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator

  4. 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.

  5. UV Detection Techniques

  6. Radio Plasma Imaging Radio Plasma Imaging

  7. ENA Detection Techniques

  8. UV Detection Techniques

  9. High-Energy Neutral Atom (HENA) Imager Lead Investigator: D. Mitchell, Applied Physics Lab B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator

  10. Medium-Energy Neutral Atom (HENA) Imager Lead Investigator: C. Pollock, SwRI B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator

  11. Low-Energy Neutral Atom (HENA) Imager Lead Investigator: T. Moore, NASA/GSFC B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator

  12. Extreme-Ultraviolet (EUV) Imager Lead Investigator: B. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator

  13. Far-Ultraviolet (EUV) Imager Lead Investigator: S. Mende, UC Berkeley B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator

  14. The IMAGE Science Payload HENA APL MENA, CIDP SwRI LENA GSFC EUV Univ. of Arizona FUV UC Berkeley RPI U. Mass/Lowell

  15. IMAGE Spacecraft in LMMS Shock Test Facility

  16. “Bastille Day” Aurora

  17. Auroral proton and electron precipitation patterns proton aurora electron aurora proton + electron aurora

  18. Proton precipitation patterns: Cusp & plasma tail footprint 24 June 2000 ~0200 UT

  19. Plasmaspheric tail 11 August 2000

  20. Flux Tube 20 August 2000

  21. Isolated Flux Tube

  22. Plasmasphere features 24 May 2000

  23. Plasmaspheric features: Trough, shoulder, tail 24 May 2000

  24. Comparison of EUV data with Rice Univ. Magnetospheric Specification Model

  25. IMF Control ofEpenetration 4:45 UT North 5:00 UT North 6:00 UT Weak North 7:30 UT South

  26. The “Bastille Day” Magnetic Storm

  27. HENA Ring Current Images

  28. HENA Ring Current Images 16 - 27 keV 39 - 60 keV

  29. HENA (39-60 keV) and EUV

  30. FUV-WIC images from substorm on June 10, 2000

  31. ENA Flux vs. Deconvolved Ions

  32. LENA Solar Wind Neutrals + Polar Ion Outflow

  33. LENA Solar Wind Neutrals

  34. LENA Interstellar Neutrals

  35. LENA Interstellar Neutrals

  36. RPI: Ducted Echoes

  37. IMAGE Science and Mission Operations Center (SMOC) IMAGE Data Delivery System: http://150.144.211.77/image/image_main.html

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