Overview

The Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global (IMAGE) satellite was launched in March 2000. As the first space mission dedicated to imaging the Earth's magnetosphere, IMAGE carries a comprehensive payload designed to image the major ion populations of the inner magnetosphere (out to distances of approximately 10 Earth radii). The scientific objective of the mission is to determine the global response of the magnetosphere to variations in the solar wind. This volume, which should be of interest to researchers on the global aspects of magnetospheric physics, describes the latest results of the mission. Included are discoveries of many new aspects of the dynamics of the plasma sheet, ring current, plasmasphere, and proton aurora, which reveal a much more direct connection of the inner magnetosphere to the solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field than was previously considered.

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Author:   James L. Burch
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2003 ed.
Weight:   0.795kg
ISBN:  

9781402016462

ISBN 10:   1402016468
Pages:   371
Publication Date:   29 February 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

The First Two Years of Image.- Extreme Ultraviolet Imager Observations of the Structure and Dynamics of the Plasmasphere.- Quantifying Global Plasmaspheric Images with in situ Observations.- Global Imaging of O+ from Image/HENA.- Global ENA Image Simulations.- Ring Current Energy Input and Decay.- Telescopic and Microscopic views of the Magnetosphere: Multispacecraft Observations.- The Role and Contributions of Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) Imaging in Magnetospheric Substorm Research.- An Overview of Results from RPI on Image.- Global Imaging of Proton and Electron Aurorae in the Far Ultraviolet.- Summary of Quantitative Interpretation of Image Far Ultraviolet Auroral Data.- Cusp Dynamics and Ionospheric Outflow.- Dayside Proton Aurora: Comparisons Between Global MHD Simulations and Image Observations.- Heliosphere-Geosphere Interactions Using Low Energy Neutral Atom Imaging.

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