Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007agufmsa31a..04r&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #SA31A-04
Physics
0300 Atmospheric Composition And Structure, 0305 Aerosols And Particles (0345, 4801, 4906), 0320 Cloud Physics And Chemistry, 0340 Middle Atmosphere: Composition And Chemistry, 0350 Pressure, Density, And Temperature
Scientific paper
The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on April 25, 2007 becoming the first satellite mission dedicated to the study of noctilucent clouds that occur at approximately 83km altitude. A Pegasus XL rocket launched the satellite into a near perfect 600 km sun synchronous circular orbit. AIM carries three instruments - a nadir imager, a solar occultation instrument and an in-situ cosmic dust detector - that were specifically selected because of their ability to provide key measurements needed to address the six AIM science objectives. The Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics mission was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on December 7, 2001 and is dedicated to the study of the structure, chemistry, energetics and dynamics of the atmospheric region between 60 km and 180 km altitude. TIMED carries four instruments including an infrared limb sounder to characteristic the temperature, chemistry, energetics and dynamics of the region; a global ultraviolet imager; a solar flux monitor and an instrument to measure winds. Together AIM and TIMED form an important component of the Heliophysics Great Observatory. This paper will provide an overview of the AIM mission and will discuss collaborative studies using the combined AIM/TIMED data sets in a synergistic way to advance our knowledge of this region where the sun first interacts with Earth's atmosphere.
Bailey Scott M.
Gordley Larry L.,
Hervig Mark E.
Merkel Aurélien
Rusch D.
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