1. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 1 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Ground Based Observatories (GBO) Engineering Peer Review Oct. 17, 2003 THEMIS ASI Array – Canadian Role Eric Donovan on behalf of the NORSTAR Team University of Calgary & Athabasca University

2. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 2 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 CANOPUS ASI images (one minute cadence; 557 nm filter) for the late growth phase, early expansive phase of a substorm. The bottom panel is a keogram showing high resolution MSP data from the CANOPUS MSP, also located at Gillam. Note the spiral at 0332 UT, and well defined north-south structure at 0337 UT. Events such as this illustrate both the limitations and advantages of ground-based optical observations. The advantage is resolution (spatial here, and temporal not here, but easily obtainable). The disadvantage is limitation to spatial scales smaller than ALL relevant substorm phenomena.

3. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 3 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003

4. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 4 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 This creates challenges… Instrument & Housing Deployment Operations Data Recovery Calibration Mapping Thumbnails Merging Science Public Outreach Data Management Summary Searching, Sophisticated Analysis Distribution

5. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 5 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 U. Calgary Heritage & Team ISIS II Scanning Photometer Other ground-based instruments (MSPs; FP; Spect.; First ASI, POCA) CANOPUS (ASI; MSPs; Communications Infrastructure) Viking UV Freja UV Interball II UVAI Nozomi TPA Numerous rocket optical and particle instruments NORSTAR MIRACLE ASI array (experience via Mikko Syrjäsuo) Portable Auroral Imager; High Speed Photometer; Induction Coil Mags Brief History of Relevant U. Calgary Space Group Experience

6. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 6 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Canadian THEMIS ASI Team Eric Donovan (Team Leader). Brian Jackel, Trond Trondsen (ASI specialists; Space Scientists) Mikko Syrjäsuo (ASI specialist; Machine Vision) Noora Partamies (PDF – as of 2004) Leroy Cogger (senior advisor) Mike Greffen (Deployment, Site Manager, Operations, Public Outreach) Emma Spanswick (riometers, NORSTAR/THEMIS Web Site Project Manager) Hercules Olivier (Electrical Engineering; Communications; Operations) Cliff Marcellus, Greg Enno, Peter King (Technical/Engineering support as needed) U. Calgary Athabasca U. Martin Connors (Athabasca Geophysical Observatory - PI). TBD (Technician and Site Manager) Contractors Fokke Creutzberg (Keometrics – MSP Specialist) Don Wallis (Magnametrics – Riometer Specialist)

7. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 7 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Infrastructure Instrument & Housing Deployment Operations Data Recovery Calibration Mapping Thumbnails Merging Science Public Outreach Data Management Summary Searching, Sophisticated Analysis Distribution

8. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 8 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Starlight Xpress MX716 w/all-sky optics Linux Red Hat 9 w/MX716 driver Image interval 5 sec; 1-sec exposures NORSTAR/MIRACLE imaging code Web server provides real-time access Network time protocol Instrument & Housing Deployed at Athabasca Summer ‘03 Assessment by Calgary Team Fall ‘03

9. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 9 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Athabasca Alberta

10. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 10 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Deployment

11. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 11 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 5 imagers 2003-2004 5 imagers 2004-2005 6 imagers 2005-2006 Mike Greffen (Team Leader) Trond Trondsen Mikko Syrjäsuo Brian Jackel Hercules Olivier Eric Donovan Igor Voronkov P. T. Jayachandran Canadian Personnel Involved in Deployment Deployment Milestones for Canadian ASIs

12. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 12 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Existing “backbone” internet (BEST) ATHA, CONT (Ekati), CHUR, INUV, FSMI, …. ATHA, CONT (Ekati), CHUR, INUV, FSMI, …. Local ISP & RF Link [A]DSL Telus, Manitoba Telecom, Aliant, ….. Hardcopy via traditional mail 3k 1k/yr 5k 9k/yr 0.1k 1k/yr 8k 3k/yr FSIM, INUV, FSMI, RANK, PBQ (2005+), … FSIM, INUV, FSMI, RANK, PBQ (2005+), … PGEO, ATHA, FLIN, PINA, KAPU, HEBR, CART, …. PGEO, ATHA, FLIN, PINA, KAPU, HEBR, CART, …. Telesat HSI Canadian Satellite NOT INUV NOT INUV “VSAT” 45k 1k/yr All sites All sites Glentel, Nanometrics, PolarSat, Stratos, …. Never fails (well almost never); Not at all sexy! Never fails (well almost never); Not at all sexy! Standard Internet Dial up to local ISP All sites; Not real time; Not very sexy. All sites; Not real time; Not very sexy. 0.1k 1k/yr 1k 1k/yr Telus Cell Phone (Really) Many sites in BC and Alberta (MacMurray, P. George, High Level ….) Many sites in BC and Alberta (MacMurray, P. George, High Level ….) 0.1k 1k/yr

13. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 13 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Data – Stage I Instrument & Housing Deployment Operations Data Recovery Calibration Mapping Thumbnails Merging Science Public Outreach Data Management Summary Searching, Sophisticated Analysis Distribution

14. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 14 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Mapping

15. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 15 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Mapping Mapped Image Geodetic Grid

16. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 16 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Thumbnails

17. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 17 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Merging in Real Time

18. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 18 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Data – Stage II Instrument & Housing Deployment Operations Data Recovery Calibration Mapping Thumbnails Merging Data Management Summary Searching, Sophisticated Analysis Distribution Science Public Outreach

19. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 19 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Station Imager Filters Summary Images Calibration Data Classification Top 60 Entire Dataset Name, location, mag midnight, history of operation, … Relational Database -- 130 GB Online publicly accessible storage of complete high-res data for subset of nights of greatest interest for mission scientific objectives (ie., the Top 60 Substorms). Great big pile of data online & in hardcopy at UCalgary and at UCB. This will not be culled. THEMIS ASI UCalgary Data Management

20. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 20 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Data Summary

21. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 21 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Data Searching Machine Vision – Content Based Image Retrieval We are exploring automatic classification of images, rapid retrieval of images from large datasets, and determination of motion of auroral forms, all using sophisticated machine vision techniques. This classification and CBIR exercise reduces each image to a 48 element feature vector.

22. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 22 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Optical Flow – a technique in which two-dimensional velocity distributions are obtained from image sequences [Partamies, Syrjäsuo, Janhunen (FMI), Hiebert]. Other techniques under development include… Tomography – sophisticated technique to infer heights from multiple overlapping fields of view [Jackel, Donovan, Partamies]. Energy Flux Determination – modification Janhunen [2001] method for THEMIS imagers to estimate energy flux [Partamies, Donovan, Janhunen (FMI)]. Data Analysis

23. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 23 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Data Distribution Our contribution to distribution of THEMIS data will be carried out through the THEMIS webpage on NORSTAR-WEB. We will display real time data products as well as housekeeping information vital to keeping downtime to a minimum. All summary data, summary images, merged thumbnails, as well as tools for accessing the relational database will be publicly accessible. The “top 60’’ full time and space resolution image data base will be freely accessible to all THEMIS team members. The complete full time and space resolution image data base will be publicly accessible via temporary passwords that will be granted in response to specific data requests.

24. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 24 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 THEMIS CANADA WEB http://www.phys.ucalgary.ca/NORSTAR/THEMIS/themis_main.html

25. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 25 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 THEMIS CANADA WEB FRONT PAGE OF NORSTAR.CA – TO BE ADDED BY WEDNESDAY

26. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 26 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 THEMIS CANADA WEB

27. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 27 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 THEMIS CANADA WEB

28. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 28 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 THEMIS CANADA WEB

29. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 29 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 THEMIS CANADA WEB

30. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 30 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 THEMIS CANADA WEB

31. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 31 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 THEMIS CANADA WEB

32. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 32 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 THEMIS CANADA WEB

33. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 33 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 THEMIS CANADA WEB

34. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 34 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Real-time Merged Webpage 2004 Archive structure 2004 Summary database 2005 Relational database 2006 Eric Donovan Trond Trondsen Mikko Syrjäsuo Brian Jackel Canadian Personnel Involved in ASI Data Management Development Milestones for Data Management

35. THEMIS/GBO Engineering Peer Review 35 UCB, Oct. 17, 2003 Overarching Objectives Instrument & Housing Deployment Operations Data Recovery Calibration Mapping Thumbnails Merging Science Public Outreach Data Management Summary Searching, Sophisticated Analysis Distribution