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Low-latitude plasma blobs above Africa: Exploiting GOLD and multi-satellite in situ measurements Low-latitude plasma blobs are localized density enhancements of electron density that are occasionally observed in the night-time tropical ionosphere. Two-dimensional (2D) imaging of this phenomenon has been rare and frequently restricted to Central/South America, which is densely covered with ground-based airglow imagers and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers. In Africa, on the contrary, no 2D image of a blob has been reported. Here we present two low-latitude blob events above Africa, one in the Northern summer and the other in winter, in the 2-dimensional Far-UltraViolet (FUV) images from the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission. Additionally, multiple satellites (four spacecraft per event) on the Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) encountered the blob events, some within the GOLD images and some outside. The LEO data support the robustness of GOLD observations and bridge time gaps between the consecutive images. Properties of the two blob events above Africa generally support the conclusions in a previous case study for Central/South America. Plasma therein exhibited higher O+ fraction and faster ion flow toward outer L-shells than the ambient. The blobs were conjugate to locally intensified Equatorial Ionization Anomaly crests without conspicuous equatorward-westward propagation. Our results demonstrate the usefulness of GOLD and multiple LEO satellites in monitoring the ionosphere above Africa, which is a fascinating laboratory of low-latitude electrodynamics but still waiting for more observatories to be deployed. Park, Jaeheung; Min, Kyoung; Eastes, Richard; Chao, Chi; Kim, Hee-Eun; Lee, Junchan; Sohn, Jongdae; Ryu, Kwangsun; Seo, Hoonkyu; Yoo, Ji-Hyeon; Lee, Seunguk; Woo, Changho; Kim, Eo-Jin; Published by: Advances in Space Research Published on: may YEAR: 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2022.05.021 |
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Seasonal Variation of Thermospheric Composition Observed by NASA GOLD We examine characteristics of the seasonal variation of thermospheric composition using column number density ratio ∑O/N2 observed by the NASA Global Observations of Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission from low-mid to mid-high latitudes. We also use ∑O/N2 derived from the Global Ultraviolet Imager (GUVI) limb measurements onboard the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) satellite and estimated by the NRLMSISE-00 empirical model to aid our investigation. We found that the ∑O/N2 seasonal variation is hemispherically asymmetric: in the southern hemisphere, it exhibits the well-known annual and semiannual pattern, with highs near the equinoxes, and primary and secondary lows near the solstices. In the northern hemisphere, it is dominated by an annual variation, with a minor semiannual component with the highs shifting toward the wintertime. We also found that the durations of the December and June solstice seasons in terms of ∑O/N2 are highly variable with longitude. Our hypothesis is that ion-neutral collisional heating in the equatorial ionization anomaly region, ion drag, and auroral Joule heating play substantial roles in this longitudinal dependency. Finally, the rate of change in ∑O/N2 from one solstice season to the other is dependent on latitude, with more dramatic changes at higher latitudes. Qian, Liying; Gan, Quan; Wang, Wenbin; Cai, Xuguang; Eastes, Richard; Yue, Jia; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2022 DOI: 10.1029/2022JA030496 annual variation; GOLD observation; MSIS; seasonal variation; semiannual variation; thermosphere composition |
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Exospheric temperature is one of the key parameters in constructing thermospheric models and has been extensively studied with in situ observations and remote sensing. The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) at a geosynchronous vantage point provides dayglow limb images for two longitude sectors, from which we can estimate the terrestrial exospheric temperature since 2018. In this paper, we investigate climatological behavior of the exospheric temperature measured by GOLD. The temperature has positive correlations with solar and geomagnetic activity and exhibits a morning-afternoon asymmetry, both of which agree with previous studies. We have found that the arithmetic sum of F10.7 (solar) and Ap (geomagnetic) indices is highly correlated with the exospheric temperature, explaining ∼64\% of the day-to-day variability. Furthermore, the exospheric temperature has good correlation with thermospheric parameters (e.g., neutral temperature, O2 density, and NO emission index) sampled at various heights above ∼130 km, in spite of the well-known thermal gradient below ∼200 km. However, thermospheric temperature at altitudes around 100 km is not well correlated with the GOLD exospheric temperature. The result implies that effects other than thermospheric heating by solar Extreme Ultraviolet and geomagnetic activity take control below a threshold altitude that exists between ∼100 and ∼130 km. Park, Jaeheung; Evans, Joseph; Eastes, Richard; Lumpe, Jerry; van den Ijssel, Jose; Englert, Christoph; Stevens, Michael; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2022 DOI: 10.1029/2021JA030041 Aura/MLS; exospheric temperature; GOLD; ICON; swarm; TIMED/SABER |
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Low-latitude plasma blobs have been studied since their first being reported in 1986. However, investigations on temporal evolution of a blob or on continental scale (\textgreater2,000 km) ionospheric contexts around it are relatively rare. Overcoming these limitations can help elucidate the blob generation mechanisms. On 21 January 2021, the Ionospheric Connection Explorer satellite encountered a typical low-latitude blob near the northeastern coast of South America. The event was collocated with a local enhancement in 135.6 nm nightglow at the poleward edge of an equatorial plasma bubble (EPB), as observed by the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) imager. Total electron content maps from the Global Navigation Satellite System confirm the GOLD observations. Unlike typical medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances (MSTIDs), the blob had neither well-organized wavefronts nor moved in the southwest direction. Neither was the blob a monotonically decaying equatorial ionization anomaly crest past sunset. Rather, the blob varied following latitudinal expansion/contraction of EPBs at similar magnetic longitudes. The observational results support that mechanisms other than MSTIDs, such as EPBs, can also contribute to blob generation. Park, Jaeheung; Huang, Chao-Song; Eastes, Richard; Coster, Anthea; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2022 DOI: 10.1029/2021JA029992 |
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Following the 2022 Tonga Volcano eruption, dramatic suppression and deformation of the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) crests occurred in the American sector ∼14,000 km away from the epicenter. The EIA crests variations and associated ionosphere-thermosphere disturbances were investigated using Global Navigation Satellite System total electron content data, Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk ultraviolet images, Ionospheric Connection Explorer wind data, and ionosonde observations. The main results are as follows: (a) Following the eastward passage of expected eruption-induced atmospheric disturbances, daytime EIA crests, especially the southern one, showed severe suppression of more than 10 TEC Unit and collapsed equatorward over 10° latitudes, forming a single band of enhanced density near the geomagnetic equator around 14–17 UT, (b) Evening EIA crests experienced a drastic deformation around 22 UT, forming a unique X-pattern in a limited longitudinal area between 20 and 40°W. (c) Thermospheric horizontal winds, especially the zonal winds, showed long-lasting quasi-periodic fluctuations between ±200 m/s for 7–8 hr after the passage of volcano-induced Lamb waves. The EIA suppression and X-pattern merging was consistent with a westward equatorial zonal dynamo electric field induced by the strong zonal wind oscillation with a westward reversal. Aa, Ercha; Zhang, Shun-Rong; Wang, Wenbin; Erickson, Philip; Qian, Liying; Eastes, Richard; Harding, Brian; Immel, Thomas; Karan, Deepak; Daniell, Robert; Coster, Anthea; Goncharenko, Larisa; Vierinen, Juha; Cai, Xuguang; Spicher, Andres; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2022 DOI: 10.1029/2022JA030527 EIA suppression and X-pattern; Equatorial ionization anomaly; GNSS TEC; GOLD UV images; ICON MIGHTI neutral wind; Tonga volcano eruption |
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A plasma density hole was created in the ionosphere by a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida near local sunset on 30 August 2020, which is called rocket exhaust depletion (RED). The hole persisted for several hours into the night and was observed in total electron content (TEC) maps, the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) imager, and multiple low-earth-orbit satellites. The RED created a nightglow pit in the GOLD 135.6 nm image. Swarm satellites found that the RED exhibited insignificant changes in electron/ion temperature and field-aligned currents. On the other hand, magnetic field strength was enhanced inside the RED by a few tenths of a nanotesla. Assimilation data products of the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate 2 (COSMIC-2) mission reveal that ionospheric slab thickness increased at the center of the RED, which is supported by combined analyses of the GOLD and TEC data. The RED did not host conspicuous substructures that are stronger and longer-lasting than the ambient plasma did. Park, Jaeheung; Rajesh, P.; Ivarsen, Magnus; Lin, Charles; Eastes, Richard; Chao, Chi; Coster, Anthea; Clausen, Lasse; Burchill, Johnathan; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2022 DOI: 10.1029/2021JA029909 GOLD; Madrigal TEC; COSMIC-2; Norsat-1; rocket exhaust depletion; swarm |
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Time Delay Integration Imaging of the Nighttime Ionosphere from the ICON Observatory TIMED GUVI was on a high inclination orbit changing local time relatively slowly and missing a great deal of the equatorward low latitude regions at the wrong local times. Mende, SB; Frey, HU; England, SL; Immel, TJ; Eastes, RW; Published by: Space Science Reviews Published on: YEAR: 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s11214-022-00928-w |
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The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission, launched in 2018, aims to investigate the low latitude ionosphere from a geostationary orbit at 47.5°W. It uses two identical spectrometers measuring the wavelength range from 134.0 to 163.0 nm. The configuration of the Earth s magnetic field shows that the largest offset between geographic and geomagnetic equators occurs in the longitude sectors sampled by GOLD. In an attempt to investigate the longitude dependence of the occurrence rate and time of onset of plasma bubbles, or plasma depletions, GOLD data were separated in three sectors: 65°-55°W, 50°-40°W, and 10°W–0°. Observations of the nighttime emissions in 135.6 nm on November 2018 and March 2019 show plasma depletions occurring very frequently at these longitudes. The growth rate of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability was computed at these longitudes under similar low solar activity conditions, assuming an empirical model of upward plasma drifts. The time and value of the maximum growth rates obtained cannot always explain the observations. On average, the observed occurrence rate of plasma depletions is high, with a maximum of 73\% (observed during November 2018 at ∼45°W). Most of the depletions observed in November at 45°W and 60°W occur within 1 h after sunset. When compared with the November 2018 observations, depletions in March 2019 occur at later times. Martinis, C.; Daniell, R.; Eastes, R.; Norrell, J.; Smith, J.; Klenzing, J.; Solomon, S.; Burns, A.; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2021 DOI: 10.1029/2020JA028510 F region; longitude variability; plasma bubbles; Plasma depletions; upward drifts |
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Near Real-Time Global Plasma Irregularity Monitoring by FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 This study presents initial results of the ionospheric scintillation in the F layer using the S4 index derived from the radio occultation experiment (RO-S4) on FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 (F7/C2). With the sufficiently dense RO-S4 observations at low latitudes, it is possible to construct hourly, global scintillation maps to monitor equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs). The preliminary F7/C2 RO-S4 during August 2019 to April 2020 show clear scintillation distributions around American and the Atlantic Ocean longitudes. The RO-S4 near Jicamarca are compared with range-time-intensity (RTI) maps of the 50 MHz radar, and the results show that the occurrence of intense RO-S4 in the range 0.125–0.5 are co-located with the bottomside of the spread-F patterns. Increases in RO-S4 at the upward phase of bottom-side oscillations is theoretically consistent with large-scale wave seeding of the EPBs. The locations and occurrences of the RO-S4 greater than 0.5 are consistent with airglows depletions from the NASA GOLD mission. Climatology analyses show that monthly occurrences of RO-S4 \textgreater 0.5 agree well with the monthly EPB occurrences in GOLD 135.6 nm image, and show a similar longitudinal distribution to that of DMSP and C/NOFS in-situ measurements. The results suggest that the RO-S4 intensities can be utilized to identify EPBs of specific scales. Chen, Shih-Ping; Lin, Charles; Rajesh, Panthalingal; Liu, Jann-Yenq; Eastes, Richard; Chou, Min-Yang; Choi, Jong-Min; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2021 DOI: 10.1029/2020JA028339 equatorial plasma bubbles; FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2; global observation of limb and disk; GNSS scintillation; radio occultation; S4 index |
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The global-scale observations of the limb and disk (GOLD) Mission images middle thermosphere temperature and the vertical column density ratio of oxygen to molecular nitrogen (O/N2) using its far ultraviolet imaging spectrographs in geostationary orbit. Since GOLD only measures these quantities during daylight, and only over the ∼140° of longitude visible from geostationary orbit, previously developed tidal analysis techniques cannot be applied to the GOLD data set. This paper presents a novel approach that deduces two specified non-migrating diurnal tides using simultaneous measurements of temperature and O/N2. DE3 (diurnal eastward propagating wave 3) and DE2 (diurnal eastward propagating wave 2) during October 2018 and January 2020 are the focus of this paper. Sensitivity analyses using TIE-GCM simulations reveal that our approach reliably retrieves the true phases, whereas a combination of residual contributions from secondary tides, the restriction in longitude, and random uncertainty can lead to ∼50\% error in the retrieved amplitudes. Application of our approach to GOLD data during these time periods provides the first observations of non-migrating diurnal tides in measurements taken from geostationary orbit. We identify discrepancies between GOLD observations and TIE-GCM modeling. Retrieved tidal amplitudes from GOLD observations exceed their respective TIE-GCM amplitudes by a factor of two in some cases. Krier, Christopher; England, Scott; Greer, Katelynn; Evans, Scott; Burns, Alan; Eastes, Richard; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2021 DOI: 10.1029/2021JA029563 |
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Observations of far-ultraviolet (FUV) dayglow by the Global-scale Observations of Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission provide a new opportunity to monitor relative composition changes in the upper atmosphere as well as solar extreme ultraviolet (EUV) variability. Relative composition changes are quantified by ΣO/N2, the column density ratio of atomic oxygen to molecular nitrogen, while QEUV provides a measure of the solar EUV energy flux from 1 to 45 nm into the upper atmosphere. This spectral range provides the ionizing radiation which ultimately results in FUV airglow emission produced by photodissociation and photoelectron impact. The quantities ΣO/N2 and QEUV are derived from GOLD FUV observations through lookup tables that are constructed using a first-principles photoelectron transport model. The two FUV emissions used are O I 135.6 nm and the N2 Lyman-Birge-Hopfield (LBH) bands. We present an overview of the theoretical basis for the algorithms and practical considerations for application to GOLD data. The effects of uncertainties in electron impact cross sections, off-nadir viewing, and instrument artifacts are reviewed. We also discuss GOLD Level 1C DAY, Level 2 data products ON2 and QEUV, and present representative samples of each. Correira, J.; Evans, J.; Lumpe, J.; Krywonos, A.; Daniell, R.; Veibell, V.; McClintock, W.; Eastes, R.; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2021 DOI: 10.1029/2021JA029517 GOLD; neutral composition; ON2; QEUV; radiative recombination; thermosphere |
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Traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) and their neutral counterparts known as traveling atmospheric disturbances (TADs) are believed to play a role in communicating inputs to other locations in the fluid. While these two phenomena are believed to be connected, they may not have a one-to-one correspondence as the geomagnetic field influences the TID but has no direct impact on the TAD. The relative amplitudes of the perturbations seen in the ionosphere and atmosphere have been observed but rarely together. This study reports results from a 3-day campaign to observe TIDs and TADs simultaneously over a broad latitudinal region over the eastern United States using a combination of Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) and a distributed network of ground-based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers. These results demonstrate that GOLD and the ground-based total electron content (TEC) observations can see the atmospheric and ionospheric portions of a large-scale traveling disturbance. The phase difference in the perturbations to the GOLD airglow brightness, O/N2 and thermospheric disk temperature are consistent with an atmospheric gravity wave moving through this region. The ionospheric signatures move at the same rate as those in the atmosphere, but their amplitudes do not have a simple correspondence to the amplitude of the signal seen in the atmosphere. This campaign demonstrates a proof-of-concept that this combination of observations is able to provide information on TIDs and TADs, including quantifying their impact on the temperature and chemical composition of the upper atmosphere. England, Scott; Greer, Katelynn; Zhang, Shun-Rong; Evans, Scott; Solomon, Stanley; Eastes, Richard; McClintock, William; Burns, Alan; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2021 DOI: 10.1029/2021JA029248 |
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Neutral exospheric temperatures from the GOLD mission Evans, JS; Lumpe, JD; Correira, J; , Veibell; Kyrwonos, A; McClintock, WE; Solomon, SC; Eastes, RW; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: |
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Oberheide, J; Pedatella, NM; Gan, Q; Kumari, K; Burns, AG; Eastes, RW; Published by: Geophysical Research Letters Published on: |
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Karan, Deepak; Daniell, Robert; England, Scott; Martinis, Carlos; Eastes, Richard; Burns, Alan; McClintock, William; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: |
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A comparison of thermospheric FUV radiance and composition from TIMED, GOLD and ICON Zhang, Y; Paxton, LJ; Schaefer, RK; Eastes, R; McClintock, WE; Immel, TJ; Published by: Published on: |
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Variations of lower thermospheric FUV emissions based on GOLD observations and GLOW modeling Greer, KR; Eastes, Richard; Solomon, Stan; McClintock, William; Burns, Alan; Rusch, David; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: |
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Comparison of GOLD nighttime measurements with total electron content: Preliminary results The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Global‐scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) has been imaging the thermosphere and ionosphere since Cai, Xuguang; Burns, Alan; Wang, Wenbin; Coster, Anthea; Qian, Liying; Liu, Jing; Solomon, Stanley; Eastes, Richard; Daniell, Robert; McClintock, William; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2020 DOI: 10.1029/2019JA027767 |
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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 |
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Global-scale observations and modeling of far-ultraviolet airglow during twilight The NASA Global‐scale Observations of the Limb and Disk ultraviolet imaging spectrograph performs observations of upper atmosphere airglow from the sunlit disk and limb of the Earth Solomon, Stanley; Andersson, Laila; Burns, Alan; Eastes, Richard; Martinis, Carlos; McClintock, William; Richmond, Arthur; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2020 DOI: 10.1029/2019JA027645 |
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Daily Variability in the Terrestrial UV Airglow New capability for observing conditions in the upper atmosphere comes with the implementation of global ultraviolet (UV) imaging from geosynchronous orbit. Observed by the NASA Immel, Thomas; Eastes, Richard; McClintock, William; Mende, Steven; Frey, Harald; Triplett, Colin; England, Scott; Published by: Atmosphere Published on: YEAR: 2020 DOI: 10.3390/atmos11101046 |
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The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) instrument was launched on 25 January 2018 onboard the SES-14 commercial communications satellite and began nominal science operations in October 2018. Operating from geostationary orbit at 47.5°W longitude, GOLD images the Earth s thermosphere and ionosphere in the far-ultraviolet (132–162 nm), measuring critical geophysical parameters by continuously scanning the Earth s disk and limb 18 hours per day. GOLD also performs stellar occultation measurements using bright type O and B stars. Lumpe, JD; McClintock, WE; Evans, JS; Correira, J; , Veibell; Beland, S; Eastes, R; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2020 DOI: 10.1029/2020JA027812 |
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Global-scale Observations of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly Abstract The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk ultraviolet spectrograph has been imaging the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA), regions of the ionosphere with enhanced electron density north and south of the magnetic equator, since October 2018. The initial 3 months of observations was during solar minimum conditions, and they included observations in December solstice of unanticipated variability and depleted regions. Depletions are seen on most nights, in contrast to expectations from previous space-based observations. The variety of scales and morphologies also pose challenges to understanding of the EIA. Abrupt changes in the EIA location, which could be related to in situ measurements of large-scale depletion regions, are observed on some nights. Such synoptic-scale disruptions have not been previously identified. Eastes, R.; Solomon, S.; Daniell, R.; Anderson, D.; Burns, A.; England, S.; Martinis, C.; McClintock, W.; Published by: Geophysical Research Letters Published on: YEAR: 2019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084199 Equatorial ionosphere; ionospheric irregularities; ionospheric dynamics; Ionospheric storms; forecasting; airglow and aurora |
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Composition Changes Around the Equinoxes Burns, Alan; Cai, Xuguang; Wang, Wenbin; Qian, Liying; Zhang, Yongliang; Eastes, Richard; McClintock, William; Published by: Published on: |
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Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD): science implementation McClintock, William; Eastes, Richard; Andersson, Laila; Burns, Alan; Codrescu, Mihail; Daniell, Robert; England, Scott; Evans, Scott; Krywonos, Andrey; Lumpe, Jerry; , others; Published by: Published on: |
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The NASA Global‐scale Observations of Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission will study the coupling of the thermosphere with the lower atmosphere through an examination of temperature Greer, KR; England, SL; Becker, E; Rusch, D; Eastes, R; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2018 DOI: 10.1029/2018JA025501 |
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Observations and Modeling of Atomic/Molecular Composition in the Thermosphere Solomon, Stanley; Eastes, Richard; McClintock, William; Paxton, Larry; Zhang, Yongliang; Published by: Published on: |
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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 |
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Scanless ultraviolet remote sensor for limb profile measurements from low earth orbit Krywonos, Andrey; Harvey, James; Daniell, Robert; Eastes, Richard; Peterson, Gary; Published by: Optical Engineering Published on: Jan-10-2006 YEAR: 2016 DOI: 10.1117/1.2360200 |
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The GOLD Science Data Center-Algorithm Heritage, Data Product Descriptions and User Services Lumpe, JD; Foroosh, H; Eastes, R; Krywonos, A; Evans, JS; Burns, AG; Strickland, DJ; Daniell, RE; England, S; Solomon, SC; , others; Published by: Published on: |
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The Science of the Global-scale measurements of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) Mission Burns, AG; Eastes, R; McClintock, WE; Solomon, SC; Anderson, DN; Andersson, L; Codrescu, M; Daniell, RE; Harvey, J; Krywonos, A; , others; Published by: Published on: |
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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 |
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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: |
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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 |
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Observed Versus Modeled O 1356 \AA and N 2 LBH Emissions from the Earth s Space Environment Published by: Published on: |
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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: |
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Observed Versus Modeled O 1356 \AA and N 2 LBH Emissions from the Earth s Space Environment GUVI observations from 2010-2011 and coincident with solar irradiance observations from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), both at 30 second cadence, are used in the analysis. Published by: Published on: |
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Combined in-situ and top-side remote observations of evolution of plasma bubbles Barjatya, A; Eastes, R; Dymond, K; Published by: Published on: |
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NASA Mission to Explore Forcing of Earth s Space Environment The Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission has been selected as a mission of opportunity by NASA s Small Explorer program. This mission, with an anticipated 2014 launch date, is an opportunity to significantly advance thermosphere-ionosphere (TI) science and to provide answers to key elements of an overarching question for heliophysics science: What is the global-scale response of the thermosphere and ionosphere to forcing (e.g., by geomagnetic storms or atmospheric tides) in the integrated Sun-Earth system? Published by: Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union Published on: YEAR: 2009 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2009EO180002 thermosphere-ionosphere interactions; GOLD; NASA Small Explorer (SMEX) |
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Eastes, R; Burns, AG; McClintock, W; Aksnes, A; Anderson, D; Andersson, L; Budzien, S; Codrescu, M; Daniell, R; England, S; , others; Published by: Published on: |
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Eastes, RW; Anderson, DN; McClintock, WE; Aksnes, A; Andersson, L; Burns, AG; Budzien, SA; Codrescu, MV; Daniell, RE; Dymond, KF; , others; Published by: Published on: |
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Eastes, R; Codrescu, M; McClintock, W; Aksnes, A; Anderson, D; Andersson, L; Burns, A; Budzien, S; Daniell, R; Dymond, K; , others; Published by: Published on: |
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Global Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD): Temperature Measurements Rusch, D; Aksnes, A; Budzien, S; Eastes, R; Anderson, D; Andersson, L; Burns, A; Codrescu, M; Daniell, R; Dymond, K; , others; Published by: Published on: |
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Aksnes, A; Eastes, R; Budzien, S; Dymond, K; Bailey, S; Jones, A; Published by: Published on: |
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Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: |
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Emissions from the N2 Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands in the Earth s atmosphere Published by: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial \& Planetary Science Published on: |
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