NASA NTRS · 19980236898
IMAGE Mission Science
Abstract
Simultaneous, global measurement of major magnetospheric plasma systems will be performed for the first time with the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) Mission. The ring current, plasmasphere, and auroral systems will be imaged using energetic neutral and ultraviolet cameras. Quantitative remote measurement of the magnetosheath, plasmaspheric, and magnetospheric densities will be obtained through radio sounding by the Radio Plasma Imager. The IMAGE Mission will open a new era in global magnetospheric physics, while bringing with it new challenges in data analysis. An overview of the IMAGE Theory and Modeling team efforts will be presented, including the state of development of Internet tools that will be available to the science community for access and analysis of IMAGE observations.
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Gallagher, D. L., Fok, M.-C., Fuselier, S., Gladstone, G. R., Green, J. L., Fung, S. F., Perez, J., Reiff, P., Roelof, E. C., Wilson, G.. 1998-01-01. IMAGE Mission Science. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19980236898
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