IMAGE: Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Colloquium February 23, 2001 The geospace environment as viewed from space pre (DE-1/SAI) 2000 (IMAGE/EUV) B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator 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. UV Detection Techniques Radio Plasma Imaging ENA Detection Techniques UV Detection Techniques B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator High-Energy Neutral Atom (HENA) Imager Lead Investigator: D. Mitchell, Applied Physics Lab B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator Medium-Energy Neutral Atom (HENA) Imager Lead Investigator: C. Pollock, SwRI B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator Low-Energy Neutral Atom (HENA) Imager Lead Investigator: T. Moore, NASA/GSFC Extreme-Ultraviolet (EUV) Imager B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator Lead Investigator: B. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Far-Ultraviolet (EUV) Imager B. R. Sandel, Univ. of Arizona Lead Investigator Lead Investigator: S. Mende, UC Berkeley MENA, CIDP SwRI LENA GSFC HENA APL EUV Univ. of Arizona FUV UC Berkeley RPI U. Mass/Lowell The IMAGE Science Payload IMAGE Spacecraft in LMMS Shock Test Facility Bastille Day Aurora proton auroraelectron auroraproton + electron aurora Auroral proton and electron precipitation patterns Proton precipitation patterns: Cusp & plasma tail footprint 24 June 2000 ~0200 UT Plasmaspheric tail 11 August 2000 Flux Tube 20 August 2000 Isolated Flux Tube Plasmasphere features 24 May 2000 Plasmaspheric features: Trough, shoulder, tail 24 May 2000 Comparison of EUV data with Rice Univ. Magnetospheric Specification Model 4:45 UT North 5:00 UT North 6:00 UT Weak North 7:30 UT South IMF Control of E penetration The Bastille Day Magnetic Storm HENA Ring Current Images keV keV HENA Ring Current Images HENA (39-60 keV) and EUV FUV-WIC images from substorm on June 10, 2000 ENA Flux vs. Deconvolved Ions LENA Solar Wind Neutrals + Polar Ion Outflow LENA Solar Wind Neutrals LENA Interstellar Neutrals RPI: Ducted Echoes IMAGE Science and Mission Operations Center (SMOC)IMAGE Data Delivery System: