The Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) is a NASA Explorer mission that is the first space mission dedicated to imaging of the Earth’s magnetosphere. IMAGE was launched from Vandenberg AFB into an elliptical polar orbit by a Delta II launch vehicle on March 25, 2000. The two-year prime sci- entific mission of IMAGE began on May 25, 2000 after instrument commissioning was successfully completed. IMAGE has now been approved for operation until October 1, 2005, and an additional two-year extension is now being considered by NASA. The papers in this volume represent many of the scientific results obtained dur- ing the IMAGE prime mission and include some of the early correlative research with ground-based measurements, measurements from other spacecraft such as Cluster II, and relevant theory and modeling programs. All of the reported work is related to the overall IMAGE science objective: How does the magnetosphere respond globally to the changing conditions in the solar wind? IMAGE addresses this question with multi-spectral imaging of most of the important plasma pop- ulations of the inner magnetosphere, combined with radio sounding of gradients of total plasma content. The new experimental techniques fall into the following areas: neutral atom imaging (NAI) over an energy range from 10 e V to 500 ke Y for detection of ionospheric outflow, the plasma sheet, and the ring current; far ultraviolet (FUV) imaging at 121-190 nm for detection of precipitating protons and the global aurora; extreme ultraviolet (EUV) imaging at 30.
James L. Burch
Magnetospheric Imaging – The Image Prime Mission [PDF ebook]
Magnetospheric Imaging – The Image Prime Mission [PDF ebook]
यह ईबुक खरीदें और 1 और मुफ़्त पाएं!
भाषा अंग्रेज़ी ● स्वरूप PDF ● ISBN 9789401000277 ● संपादक James L. Burch ● प्रकाशक Springer Netherlands ● प्रकाशित 2012 ● डाउनलोड करने योग्य 3 बार ● मुद्रा EUR ● आईडी 4675746 ● कॉपी सुरक्षा Adobe DRM
एक DRM सक्षम ईबुक रीडर की आवश्यकता है