Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jan 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000ssrv...91....1b&link_type=abstract
Space Science Reviews, v. 91, Issue 1/2, p. 1-14 (2000).
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Scientific paper
The Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) mission is the first mission in NASA's MIDEX (Mid-size Explorer) program. It is the first satellite mission that is dedicated to imaging the Earth's magnetosphere. IMAGE will utilize the techniques of ultraviolet imaging, neutral atom imaging, and radio plasma imaging to map out global distributions of the electron and proton aurora; the helium ions of the plasmasphere; the ionospheric ion outflow; the medium-energy ions of the near-Earth plasma sheet, ring current, and polar cusp; the high-energy ions of the ring current and trapped radiation belts; and the total plasma density from the ionosphere out to the magnetopause. The imaging perspective is from an elliptical polar orbit with apogee at latitudes from 40 deg to 90 deg in the northern hemisphere. For ultraviolet and neutral atom imaging, the time resolution is set by the two-minute spin period of the IMAGE spacecraft, which will be sufficient to track the development of magnetospheric substorms. An important feature of the IMAGE mission is its completely open data set with no proprietary data or intervals. All data, along with software needed for plotting and analysis, will be available within 24 hours of acquisition.
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