Global auroral imaging in the ILWS era

Donovan E., Trondsen T., Spann J., Liu W., Spanswick E., Lester M., Tu C.-Y., Ridley A., Henderson M., Immel T., Mende S., Bonnell J., Syrjasuo M., Sofko G., Cogger L., Murphree J., Jayachandran P.T., Pulkkinen T., Rankin R., Sigwarth J.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, T2N 1N4, Canada; Space Science Branch, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812-0000, United States; Space Science Program, Canadian Space Agency, St. Hubert, J3Y 8Y9, Canada; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom; Department of Geophysics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China; Center For Space Environment Modeling, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143, United States; Los Alamos National Laboratories, MS D466, Los Alamos, NM 87545, United States; Space Science Lab, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450, United States; Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 5E2, Canada; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, N6A 3K7, Canada; Finnish Meteorological Inst, POB 503, Helsinki, FIN 00101, Finland; Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2J1, Canada; Geospace Physics Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0000, United States

Abstract: The overarching objective of the ILWS Geospace program is to facilitate system level science. This demands synoptic observations such as global auroral imaging. At present, there is no funded mission during ILWS that incorporates a global auroral imager. The imaging community needs to move now to address this important gap. While doing so, it is interesting to take stock of global auroral observations that have not been achieved, or that have been achieved only to a limited extent. These include simultaneous imaging across all relevant scales, spectral resolution of sufficient quality to allow for global maps of characteristic energy and energy flux of precipitating electrons, continuous global auroral imaging for time periods spanning long-duration geomagnetic events, systematic interhemispheric conjugate observations, auroral observations magnetically conjugate to in situ measurements, and automatic classification of auroral images. These observations can be achieved within the next decade. If they are, then they will facilitate exciting new science. © 2007.
Author Keywords: Geospace; Global auroral imaging; ILWS; System level science

Year: 2007
Source title: Advances in Space Research
Volume: 40
Issue: 3
Page : 409-418
Cited by: 1
Link: Scorpus Link
Document Type: Article
Source: Scopus
 Authors with affiliations:
  1. Donovan, E., Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, T2N 1N4, Canada
  2. Trondsen, T., Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, T2N 1N4, Canada
  3. Spann, J., Space Science Branch, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812-0000, United States
  4. Liu, W., Space Science Program, Canadian Space Agency, St. Hubert, J3Y 8Y9, Canada
  5. Spanswick, E., Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, T2N 1N4, Canada
  6. Lester, M., Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
  7. Tu, C.-Y., Department of Geophysics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
  8. Ridley, A., Center For Space Environment Modeling, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143, United States
  9. Henderson, M., Los Alamos National Laboratories, MS D466, Los Alamos, NM 87545, United States
  10. Immel, T., Space Science Lab, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450, United States
  11. Mende, S., Space Science Lab, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450, United States
  12. Bonnell, J., Space Science Lab, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450, United States
  13. Syrjäsuo, M., Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, T2N 1N4, Canada
  14. Sofko, G., Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 5E2, Canada
  15. Cogger, L., Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, T2N 1N4, Canada
  16. Murphree, J., Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, T2N 1N4, Canada
  17. Jayachandran, P.T., Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, N6A 3K7, Canada
  18. Pulkkinen, T., Finnish Meteorological Inst, POB 503, Helsinki, FIN 00101, Finland
  19. Rankin, R., Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2J1, Canada
  20. Sigwarth, J., Geospace Physics Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0000, United States
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