IMAGE: Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora

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IMAGE Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global
Exploration
Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Colloquium
February 23, 2001
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The geospace environment as viewed from space
pre-1981
1981 (DE-1/SAI)
2000 (IMAGE/EUV)
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B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator
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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.
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UV Detection Techniques
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Radio Plasma Imaging
Radio Plasma Imaging
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ENA Detection Techniques
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UV Detection Techniques
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High-Energy Neutral Atom (HENA) Imager
Lead Investigator D. Mitchell, Applied Physics
Lab
B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator
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Medium-Energy Neutral Atom (HENA) Imager
Lead Investigator C. Pollock, SwRI
B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator
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Low-Energy Neutral Atom (HENA) Imager
Lead Investigator T. Moore, NASA/GSFC
B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator
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Extreme-Ultraviolet (EUV) Imager
Lead Investigator B. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona
B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator
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Far-Ultraviolet (EUV) Imager
Lead Investigator S. Mende, UC Berkeley
B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator
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The IMAGE Science Payload
HENA APL
MENA, CIDP SwRI
LENA GSFC
EUV Univ. of Arizona
FUV UC Berkeley
RPI U. Mass/Lowell
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IMAGE Spacecraft in LMMS Shock Test Facility
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Bastille Day Aurora
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Auroral proton and electron precipitation
patterns
proton aurora
electron aurora
proton electron aurora
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Proton precipitation patterns Cusp plasma tail
footprint
24 June 2000 0200 UT
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Plasmaspheric tail
11 August 2000
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Flux Tube
20 August 2000
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Isolated Flux Tube
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Plasmasphere features
24 May 2000
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Plasmaspheric features Trough, shoulder, tail
24 May 2000
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Comparison of EUV data with Rice Univ.
Magnetospheric Specification Model
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IMF Control of Epenetration
445 UT North
500 UT North
600 UT Weak North
730 UT South
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The Bastille Day Magnetic Storm
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HENA Ring Current Images
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HENA Ring Current Images
16 - 27 keV
39 - 60 keV
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HENA (39-60 keV) and EUV
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FUV-WIC images from substorm on June 10, 2000
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ENA Flux vs. Deconvolved Ions
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LENA Solar Wind Neutrals Polar Ion Outflow
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LENA Solar Wind Neutrals
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LENA Interstellar Neutrals
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LENA Interstellar Neutrals
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RPI Ducted Echoes
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