Earth Sun ID: 2435

IMAGE/LENA Observes Oxygen Atoms in the near-Earth Environment

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on May 9, 2002

Electrically charged oxygen atoms (green) are ejected into the magnetosphere due to heating in the ionosphere. The red 'thermometer' displays the intensity of the solar wind (dynamic pressure) measured by the Geotail spacecraft. The yellow 'thermometer' represents the source intensity or hydrogen counts as measured by IMAGE/LENA.

Video slate image reads "IMAGE/LENA Observes Oxygen Atoms in the near-Earth Environment. Electrically charged oxygen atoms (green) are ejected into the magnetosphere due to heating in the ionosphere. The red 'thermometer' displays the intensity of the solar wind (dynamic pressure) measured by the Geotail spacecraft. The yellow 'thermometer' represents the source intensity or hydrogen counts as measured by IMAGE/LENA.".

For More Information

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/magnetosphere_20020509/index.html

Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Thomas Moore (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Stephan A. Fuselier (LMATC): Scientist
William Steigerwald (NASA/GSFC): Writer

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Science Paper:
Fuselier, S. A., H. L. Collin, A. G. Ghielmetti, E. S. Claflin, T. E. Moore, M. R. Collier, H. Frey, and S. B. Mende, Localized ion outflow in response to a solar wind pressure pulse, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2002.

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Missions:
Geotail
IMAGE

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