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2020

Initial observations by the GOLD mission

Given that previous measurements of ΔΣO/N 2 from low Earth orbit (LEO) have proven invaluable in advancing our understanding of the TI system (eg, TIMED/GUVI), GOLD data have

Eastes, RW; McClintock, WE; Burns, AG; Anderson, DN; Andersson, L; Aryal, S; Budzien, SA; Cai, X; Codrescu, MV; Correira, JT; , others;

Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on:

YEAR: 2020 DOI: 10.1029/2020JA027823

2019

Imaging of the Daytime Ionospheric Equatorial Arcs With Extreme and Far Ultraviolet Airglow

We present the first global images of the daytime ionosphere equatorial arcs as manifested in the 83.4-nm airglow. These images were collected by the Limb-Imaging Ionospheric and Thermospheric Extreme-Ultraviolet Spectrograph that commenced operations on the International Space Station in early 2017. We compare these to simultaneous images of the ionospheric radiative recombination airglow at 135.6 nm measured between 250- and 350-km tangent altitudes, where the emission is generated primarily by radiative recombination of ionospheric plasma. We find that these signatures of the dense crests of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly, their symmetry, and daily variability at 1300\textendash1600 LT over 1\textendash6 April 2017 do not show any strong periodicity during this time. These results are also important to the joint interpretation of these two correlated extreme and far ultraviolet emission features measured under solar minimum conditions and the evaluation of absorption and radiative transfer effects that affect these emissions differently.

Stephan, A.; Finn, S.; Cook, T.; Geddes, G.; Chakrabarti, S.; Budzien, S.;

Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: 06/2019

YEAR: 2019 DOI: 10.1029/2019JA026624

2017

The Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) Mission

The Earth\textquoterights thermosphere and ionosphere constitute a dynamic system that varies daily in response to energy inputs from above and from below. This system can exhibit a significant response within an hour to changes in those inputs, as plasma and fluid processes compete to control its temperature, composition, and structure. Within this system, short wavelength solar radiation and charged particles from the magnetosphere deposit energy, and waves propagating from the lower atmosphere dissipate. Understanding the global-scale response of the thermosphere-ionosphere (T-I) system to these drivers is essential to advancing our physical understanding of coupling between the space environment and the Earth\textquoterights atmosphere. Previous missions have successfully determined how the \textquotedblleftclimate\textquotedblright of the T-I system responds. The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission will determine how the \textquotedblleftweather\textquotedblright of the T-I responds, taking the next step in understanding the coupling between the space environment and the Earth\textquoterights atmosphere. Operating in geostationary orbit, the GOLD imaging spectrograph will measure the Earth\textquoterights emissions from 132 to 162 nm. These measurements will be used image two critical variables\textemdashthermospheric temperature and composition, near 160 km\textemdashon the dayside disk at half-hour time scales. At night they will be used to image the evolution of the low latitude ionosphere in the same regions that were observed earlier during the day. Due to the geostationary orbit being used the mission observes the same hemisphere repeatedly, allowing the unambiguous separation of spatial and temporal variability over the Americas.

Eastes, R.; McClintock, W.; Burns, A.; Anderson, D.; Andersson, L.; Codrescu, M.; Correira, J.; Daniell, R.; England, S.; Evans, J.; Harvey, J.; Krywonos, A.; Lumpe, J.; Richmond, A.; Rusch, D.; Siegmund, O.; Solomon, S.; Strickland, D.; Woods, T.; Aksnes, A.; Budzien, S.; Dymond, K.; Eparvier, F.; Martinis, C.; Oberheide, J.;

Published by: Space Science Reviews Published on: 10/2017

YEAR: 2017 DOI: 10.1007/s11214-017-0392-2

Ionospheric-thermospheric UV tomography: 3. A multisensor technique for creating full-orbit reconstructions of atmospheric UV emission

We present the Volume Emission Rate Tomography (VERT) technique for inverting satellite-based, multisensor limb and nadir measurements of atmospheric ultraviolet emission to create whole-orbit reconstructions of atmospheric volume emission rate. The VERT approach is more general than previous ionospheric tomography methods because it can reconstruct the volume emission rate field irrespective of the particular excitation mechanisms (e.g., radiative recombination, photoelectron impact excitation, and energetic particle precipitation in auroras); physical models are then applied to interpret the airglow. The technique was developed and tested using data from the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager and Special Sensor Ultraviolet Spectrographic Imager instruments aboard the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-18 spacecraft and planned for use with upcoming remote sensing missions. The technique incorporates several features to optimize the tomographic solutions, such as the use of a nonnegative algorithm (Richardson-Lucy, RL) that explicitly accounts for the Poisson statistics inherent in optical measurements, capability to include extinction effects due to resonant scattering and absorption of the photons from the lines of sight, a pseudodiffusion-based regularization scheme implemented between iterations of the RL code to produce smoother solutions, and the capability to estimate error bars on the solutions. Tests using simulated atmospheric emissions verify that the technique performs well in a variety of situations, including daytime, nighttime, and even in the challenging terminator regions. Lastly, we consider ionospheric nightglow and validate reconstructions of the nighttime electron density against Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) Long-range Tracking and Identification Radar (ALTAIR) incoherent scatter radar data.

Hei, Matthew; Budzien, Scott; Dymond, Kenneth; Nicholas, Andrew; Paxton, Larry; Schaefer, Robert; Groves, Keith;

Published by: Radio Science Published on: 07/2017

YEAR: 2017 DOI: 10.1002/2015RS005887

2015

A new technique for remote sensing of O ₂ density from 140 to 180 km

Observations of molecular oxygen are difficult to make in the Earth\textquoterights atmosphere between 140 and 200 km altitude. Perhaps the most accurate measurements to date have been obtained from satellite instruments that measure solar occultations of the limb. These do provide height-resolved O₂ density measurements, but the nature of this technique is such that the temporal/spatial distribution of the measurements is uneven. Here a new space-based technique is described that utilizes two bright dayglow emissions, the (0,0) transition of the O₂ atmospheric band and the O I (630 nm), to derive the height-resolved O₂ density from 140 to 180 km. Data from the Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System, which was placed on the International Space Station in late 2009, are used to illustrate this technique. The O₂ density results for periods in May 2010 that were geomagnetically quiet and disturbed are compared to model predictions.

Hecht, James; Christensen, Andrew; Yee, Jeng-Hwa; Crowley, Geoff; Bishop, Rebeeca; Budzien, Scott; Stephan, Andrew; Evans, Scott;

Published by: Geophysical Research Letters Published on: 01/2015

YEAR: 2015 DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062355

composition; technique; thermosphere

SSULI/SSUSI UV tomographic images of large-scale plasma structuring

Hei, Matthew; Budzien, Scott; Dymond, Kenneth; Paxton, Larry; Schaefer, Robert; Groves, Keith;

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A new technique for remote sensing of O2 density from 140 to 180 km

Hecht, James; Christensen, Andrew; Yee, Jeng-Hwa; Crowley, Geoff; Bishop, Rebeeca; Budzien, Scott; Stephan, Andrew; Evans, Scott;

Published by: Geophysical Research Letters Published on:

YEAR: 2015 DOI:

2014

Ionospheric imaging using merged ultraviolet airglow and radio occultation data

The Limb-imaging Ionospheric and Thermospheric Extreme-ultraviolet Spectrograph (LITES) and GPS Radio Occultation and Ultraviolet Photometry-Colocated (GROUP-C) experiments are being considered for flight aboard the Space Test Program Houston 5 (STP-H5) experiment pallet to the International Space Station (ISS). LITES is a compact imaging spectrograph that makes one-dimensional images of atmospheric and ionospheric ultraviolet (60-140 nm) airglow above the limb of the Earth. The LITES optical design is advantageous in that it uses a toroidal grating as its lone optical surface to create these high-sensitivity images without the need for any moving parts. GROUP-C consists of two instruments: a nadir-viewing ultraviolet photometer that measures nighttime ionospheric airglow at 135.6 nm with unprecedented sensitivity, and a GPS receiver that measures ionospheric electron content and scintillation with the assistance of a novel antenna array designed for multipath mitigation. By flying together, these two experiments form an ionospheric observatory aboard the ISS that will provide new capability to study low- and mid-latitude ionospheric structures on a global scale. This paper presents the design and implementation of the LITES and GROUP-C experiments on the STP-H5 payload that will combine for the first time high-sensitivity in-track photometry with vertical spectrographic imagery of ionospheric airglow to create high-fidelity images of ionospheric structures. The addition of the GPS radio occultation measurement provides the unique opportunity to constrain, as well as cross-validate, the merged airglow measurements. \textcopyright (2014) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.

Stephan, Andrew; Budzien, Scott; Finn, Susanna; Cook, Timothy; Chakrabarti, Supriya; Powell, Steven; Psiaki, Mark;

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YEAR: 2014 DOI: 10.1117/12.2061420

2013

Tomographic Imaging of Thermospheric Neutral Density Using UV Limb Scanning

Dymond, K; Budzien, SA; Nicholas, AC;

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YEAR: 2013 DOI:

2012

Remote sensing of neutral temperatures in the Earth\textquoterights thermosphere using the Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands of N ₂ : Comparisons with satellite drag data

This paper presents remotely sensed neutral temperatures obtained from ultraviolet observations and compares them with temperatures from the NRLMSISE-00 version of the Mass Spectrometer and Incoherent Scatter (MSIS) model (unconstrained and constrained to match the total densities from satellite drag). Latitudinal profiles of the temperatures in the Earth\textquoterights thermosphere are obtained by inversion of high-resolution (\~1.3\ \r A) observations of the (1,1) and (5,4) Lyman-Birge-Hopfield (LBH) bands of N₂. The spectra are from the High resolution Ionospheric and Thermospheric Spectrograph (HITS) instrument aboard the Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite (ARGOS). The results indicate that on each day examined there was consistency between the remotely sensed thermospheric temperatures, the densities from coincident satellite drag measurements at adjacent altitudes, and the NRLMSISE-00 model.

Krywonos, Andrey; Murray, D.; Eastes, R.; Aksnes, A.; Budzien, S.; Daniell, R.;

Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research Published on: 09/2012

YEAR: 2012 DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017226

airglow; N2; remote sensing; satellite drag; temperature; thermosphere

Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD)

Eastes, R; McClintock, W; Aksnes, A; Anderson, D; Andersson, L; Burns, A; Budzien, S; Codrescu, M; Daniell, R; Dymond, K; , others;

Published by: AMC Published on:

YEAR: 2012 DOI:

Heterogeneous Measurements for Advances in Space Science and Space Weather Forecasting

Examples of heterogenous data might include GPS radio occultation limb data and ultraviolet nadir photometry; GUVI/SSUSI cross-track O/N2 maps coupled with SSULI in-track

Budzien, Scott; Chua, Damien; Coker, Clayton; Dandenault, Patrick; Dymond, Kenneth; Nicholas, Andrew; Stephan, Andrew; Doe, Richard; Crowley, Geoff;

Published by: To emphasize that space weather forecasting with new, full-physics models requires heterogeneous datasets with complementary characteristics—not merely a higher volume of any single data type Published on:

YEAR: 2012 DOI:

2011

Modeled and observed N ₂ Lyman-Birge-Hopfield band emissions: A comparison

Eastes, R.; Murray, D.; Aksnes, A.; Budzien, S.; Daniell, R.; Krywonos, A.;

Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research Published on: Jan-01-2011

YEAR: 2011 DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016417

Remote Sensing of lower thermospheric temperature and composition based on observations of O2 Atmospheric band emission.

Christensen, AB; Yee, J; Budzien, SA; Bishop, RL; Hecht, JH; Stephan, AW; Crowley, G;

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YEAR: 2011 DOI:

Modeled and observed N2 Lyman-Birge-Hopfield band emissions: A comparison

Eastes, RW; Murray, DJ; Aksnes, A; Budzien, SA; Daniell, RE; Krywonos, A;

Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on:

YEAR: 2011 DOI:

2010

Evolved Tiny Ionospheric Photometer (ETIP): A sensor for ionospheric specification

Budzien, Scott; Chua, Damien; Coker, Clayton; Dandenault, Patrick; Dymond, Kenneth; Nicholas, Andrew; Doe, Richard; Crowley, Geoff;

Published by: To address the requirements for space weather sensors, and includes adequate flexibility for accommodation on a range of future flight opportunities, including microsatellite constellations Published on:

YEAR: 2010 DOI:

2009

Observations of the Ionosphere Using the Tiny Ionospheric Photometer.

Coker, Clayton; Dymond, Kenneth; Budzien, Scott; Chua, Damien; Liu, Jann-Yenq; Anderson, David; Basu, Sunanda; Pedersen, Todd;

Published by: Terrestrial, Atmospheric \& Oceanic Sciences Published on:

YEAR: 2009 DOI:

The Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System on the ISS: Sensor performance and space weather applications from the extreme to the near ultraviolet

Stephan, Andrew; Budzien, Scott; Bishop, Rebecca; Straus, Paul; Christensen, Andrew; Hecht, James; Van Epps, Zachary;

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YEAR: 2009 DOI:

Continuous FUV/EUV Imaging of the Ionosphere from Geosynchronous Orbit

Wood, Kent; Dymond, KF; Budzien, SA; McDonald, SE; Coker, C; Nicholas, AC; Kowalski, MP;

Published by: To use new imaging systems to generate measurements in 2-dimensional formats continuously for large regions with high spatial resolution Published on:

YEAR: 2009 DOI:

Ionospheric Electron Density Concurrently Derived by TIP and GOX of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC.

The tiny ion o spheric pho tom e ter (TIP) and GPS occultation ex per i ment (GOX) onboard FORMOSAT-3/COS MIC (F3/C) are em ployed to mea sure the OI 135.6 nm in ten si ties in

Hsu, Mei-Lan; Rajesh, Panthalingal; Liu, Jann-Yenq; Tsai, Lung-Chih; Tsai, Ho-Fang; Lin, Chien-Hung; Dymond, Kenneth; Coker, Clayton; Chua, Damien; Budzien, Scott; , others;