TWINS ENA imaging observations of the moderate storm of 22 July 2009

Physics

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

[2740] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, [2778] Magnetospheric Physics / Ring Current, [2788] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetic Storms And Substorms

Scientific paper

The Two Wide-angle Imaging Neutral-atom Spectrometers (TWINS) mission provides a new capability for stereoscopically imaging the magnetosphere by observing energetic neutral atoms (ENA) produced by charge exchange over a broad energy range (~1-100 keV) using two identical imagers on two widely spaced high-altitude, high-inclination spacecraft. Owing to an extended solar minimum, the era of TWINS stereo operation (which began June 2008) has seen extremely quiet geomagnetic conditions, with very weak CIR-triggered disturbances (magnitude of Dst only a few tens of nT) occurring roughly every 27 days. On 22 July 2009 the Dst index fell to approximately -80 nT, the largest storm yet witnessed by TWINS and the largest disturbance since December 2006. TWINS made continuous ENA observations and stereoscopic ENA images from key times of this 22 July 2009 storm. We present here the TWINS observations from this storm and compare them to in situ observations (THEMIS) and model (CRCM) results.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

TWINS ENA imaging observations of the moderate storm of 22 July 2009 does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with TWINS ENA imaging observations of the moderate storm of 22 July 2009, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and TWINS ENA imaging observations of the moderate storm of 22 July 2009 will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1877594

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.