IMAGE mission overview

JL Burch - Space Science Reviews, 2000 - Springer
Abstract 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 …

The location of magnetic reconnection at Earth's magnetopause

KJ Trattner, SM Petrinec, SA Fuselier - Space Science Reviews, 2021 - Springer
One of the major questions about magnetic reconnection is how specific solar wind and
interplanetary magnetic field conditions influence where reconnection occurs at the Earth's …

The THEMIS array of ground-based observatories for the study of auroral substorms

SB Mende, SE Harris, HU Frey, V Angelopoulos… - The themis mission, 2009 - Springer
Abstract The NASA Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms
(THEMIS) project is intended to investigate magnetospheric substorm phenomena, which …

Longitudinal structure of the equatorial anomaly in the nighttime ionosphere observed by IMAGE/FUV

E Sagawa, TJ Immel, HU Frey… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The Far Ultraviolet Imager (FUV) on board the IMAGE satellite provides an instantaneous
global view of the OI 135.6‐nm nightglow with 2 min time resolution. Because the OI 135.6 …

Magnetic flux transport in the Dungey cycle: A survey of dayside and nightside reconnection rates

SE Milan, G Provan, B Hubert - Journal of Geophysical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Changes in the open flux content of the ionospheric polar cap, estimated from auroral, radar,
and low‐Earth orbit particle measurements, are used to determine dayside and nightside …

Relationship between interplanetary parameters and the magnetopause reconnection rate quantified from observations of the expanding polar cap

SE Milan, JS Gosling, B Hubert - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Many studies have attempted to quantify the coupling of energy from the solar wind into the
magnetosphere. In this paper we parameterize the dependence of the magnetopause …

A real-time detection and positioning method for small and weak targets using a 1D morphology-based approach in 2D images

MS Wei, F Xing, Z You - Light: Science & Applications, 2018 - nature.com
A small and weak target detection method is proposed in this work that outperforms all other
methods in terms of real-time capability. It is the first time that two-dimensional (2D) images …

Localized aurora beyond the auroral oval

HU Frey - Reviews of Geophysics, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Aurora is the result of the interaction between precipitating energetic electrons and protons
with the upper atmosphere. Viewed from space, it generally occurs in continuous and diffuse …

Views of Earth's magnetosphere with the IMAGE satellite

JL Burch, SB Mende, DG Mitchell, TE Moore… - Science, 2001 - science.org
The IMAGE spacecraft uses photon and neutral atom imaging and radio sounding
techniques to provide global images of Earth's inner magnetosphere and upper atmosphere …

Energetic proton precipitation related to ion–cyclotron waves

AG Yahnin, TA Yahnina - Journal of atmospheric and solar-terrestrial …, 2007 - Elsevier
This brief review summarizes recent findings related to particle precipitation associated with
electromagnetic ion–cyclotron (EMIC) waves seen on the ground as geomagnetic Pc1 and …