Ionosphere-thermosphere system science and the use of distributed heterogeneous data arrays: vector fields, volumetric densities, auroral imagery
Whitepaper #253 in the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033. Main topics: basic research; infrastructure/workforce/other programmatic. Additional topics: ground-based missions/projects; research tools and infrastructure; space-based […]
by Kristina Lynch, M. Burleigh, M. Zettergren, J. Chau, O. Marghitu, T. Sarris, S. Kaeppler, R. Erlandson, L. Kistler, R. Nikoukar, M. Samara, and S. Zou
Published onJul 31, 2023
Ionosphere-thermosphere system science and the use of distributed heterogeneous data arrays: vector fields, volumetric densities, auroral imagery
This Helio2050 white paper encapsulates the system science justifications of the recent Midex CSR for the ARCS mission, a localized swarm of 32 cubesats over a dedicated groundbased imagery array of 32 Alaskan camera sites, with localized tomography between the two. This heterogeneous, multiplatform, distributed measurement system constrains physics-based modelling of auroral plasma physics.
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