Initial results from the IMAGE extreme ultraviolet imager

Bill R. Sandel; Robert A. King; W. T. Forrester; Dennis L. Gallagher; A. Lyle Broadfoot; C. C. Curtis

doi:10.1029/2001GL012885

Initial results from the IMAGE extreme ultraviolet imager

Bill R. Sandel
, Robert A. King
, W. T. Forrester
, Dennis L. Gallagher
, A. Lyle Broadfoot
, C. C. Curtis

University of Arizona
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

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The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUV) of the IMAGE mission is providing the first global images of the He^〈+ distribution in Earth's plasmasphere. The EUV instrument images the He^〈+ resonance line emission at 30.4 nm at a time resolution of 10 minutes and a spatial resolution of 0.1 R_E. Each image encompasses the entire plasmasphere in a single frame, to permit study of the structure and dynamics of the plasmasphere in its entirety. Here we survey several of the most striking features of the plasmasphere as seen by EUV. These features include convection tails, depleted regions that we call "voids," isolated magnetic flux tubes filled to higher He^〈+ density than their neighbors, and "shoulders" in the He^〈+ distribution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1439-1442
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	28
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2001GL012885
State	Published - Apr 15 2001
Externally published	Yes

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