RENU2 UV PMT Observations of the Cusp

Bruce A. Fritz; Marc R. Lessard; Kenneth F. Dymond; David R. Kenward; Kristina A. Lynch; James H. Hecht; James H. Clemmons; Timothy Cook; Supriya Chakrabarti; Stanley C. Solomon

doi:10.1029/2019GL082314

RENU2 UV PMT Observations of the Cusp

Bruce A. Fritz
, Marc R. Lessard
, Kenneth F. Dymond
, David R. Kenward
, Kristina A. Lynch
, James H. Hecht
, James H. Clemmons
, Timothy Cook
, Supriya Chakrabarti
, Stanley C. Solomon

Naval Research Laboratory
University of New Hampshire
6127 Wilder Laboratory
Aerospace Corporation
University of Massachusetts Lowell
National Center for Atmospheric Research

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Abstract

The Rocket Experiment for Neutral Upwelling 2 (RENU2) sounding rocket launched from the Andøya Space Center on 13 December 2015 into the dayside polar cusp. An ultraviolet photomultiplier tube (UV PMT) on the RENU2 payload was oriented to look up along the spin axis for emissions of neutral atomic oxygen above the payload. Data from the UV PMT have been compared to predicted auroral emissions calculated by the Global Airglow (GLOW) model. The comparison between GLOW calculations driven by RENU2 electron precipitation measurements and UV PMT data suggest enhanced neutral density in the cusp at altitudes above the RENU2 trajectory.

Original language	English
Article number	e2019GL082314
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	47
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082314
State	Published - Oct 28 2020
Externally published	Yes

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cusp
ionosphere
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