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1 IMAGE: Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Colloquium February 23, 2001

2 The geospace environment as viewed from space pre-1981 1981 (DE-1/SAI) 2000 (IMAGE/EUV)

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4 B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator

5 Charge Exchange A magnetically trapped ion captures an electron from a neutral hydrogen atom... …creating an energetic neutral atom (ENA) that is no longer trapped.

6 UV Detection Techniques

7 Radio Plasma Imaging

8 ENA Detection Techniques

9 UV Detection Techniques

10 B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator High-Energy Neutral Atom (HENA) Imager Lead Investigator: D. Mitchell, Applied Physics Lab

11 B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator Medium-Energy Neutral Atom (HENA) Imager Lead Investigator: C. Pollock, SwRI

12 B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator Low-Energy Neutral Atom (HENA) Imager Lead Investigator: T. Moore, NASA/GSFC

13 Extreme-Ultraviolet (EUV) Imager B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator Lead Investigator: B. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona

14 Far-Ultraviolet (EUV) Imager B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator Lead Investigator: S. Mende, UC Berkeley

15 MENA, CIDP SwRI LENA GSFC HENA APL EUV Univ. of Arizona FUV UC Berkeley RPI U. Mass/Lowell The IMAGE Science Payload

16 IMAGE Spacecraft in LMMS Shock Test Facility

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18 “Bastille Day” Aurora

19 proton auroraelectron auroraproton + electron aurora Auroral proton and electron precipitation patterns

20 Proton precipitation patterns: Cusp & plasma tail footprint 24 June 2000 ~0200 UT

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22 Plasmaspheric tail 11 August 2000

23 Flux Tube 20 August 2000

24 Isolated Flux Tube

25 Plasmasphere features 24 May 2000

26 Plasmaspheric features: Trough, shoulder, tail 24 May 2000

27 Comparison of EUV data with Rice Univ. Magnetospheric Specification Model

28 4:45 UT North 5:00 UT North 6:00 UT Weak North 7:30 UT South IMF Control of E penetration

29 The “Bastille Day” Magnetic Storm

30 HENA Ring Current Images

31 16 - 27 keV 39 - 60 keV HENA Ring Current Images

32 HENA (39-60 keV) and EUV

33 FUV-WIC images from substorm on June 10, 2000

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35 ENA Flux vs. Deconvolved Ions

36 LENA Solar Wind Neutrals + Polar Ion Outflow

37 LENA Solar Wind Neutrals

38 LENA Interstellar Neutrals

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40 RPI: Ducted Echoes

41 IMAGE Science and Mission Operations Center (SMOC) http://150.144.211.77/image/image_main.html IMAGE Data Delivery System:


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