HR: 1330h
AN: AE42A-0792    [PDF]
TI: Observations of transient luminous events on the ROCSAT-2 satellite using ISUAL instruments*
AU: * Chen, A B
EM: alfred@phys.ncku.edu.tw
AF: Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, No.1, Ta-Hsueh Road, Tainan, 701 Taiwan
AU: Wang, T
EM: nerd@phys.ncku.edu.tw
AF: Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering & Microelectronics and Information System Research Center, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 30077 Taiwan
AU: Huang, T
EM: xiang@phys.ncku.edu.tw
AF: Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, No.1, Ta-Hsueh Road, Tainan, 701 Taiwan
AU: Kuo, C
EM: johnny@phys.ncku.edu.tw
AF: Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, No.1, Ta-Hsueh Road, Tainan, 701 Taiwan
AU: Hsu, R
EM: rrhsu@phys.ncku.edu.tw
AF: Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, No.1, Ta-Hsueh Road, Tainan, 701 Taiwan
AU: Su, H
EM: htsu@phys.ncku.edu.tw
AF: Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, No.1, Ta-Hsueh Road, Tainan, 701 Taiwan
AU: Chern, J
EM: jlchern@faculty.nctu.edu.tw
AF: Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering & Microelectronics and Information System Research Center, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 30077 Taiwan
AU: Mende, S
EM: mende@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: Space Science Lab., University of California, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 United States
AU: Takahashi, Y
EM: yukihiro@pat.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp
AF: Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578 Japan
AU: Fukunishi, H
EM: fuku@pat.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp
AF: Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578 Japan
AU: Lee, L
EM: loulee@nspo.gov.tw
AF: National Space Program Office, 8F, 9, Prosperity 1st Road, Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, 30077 Taiwan
AB: ISUAL is a scientific payload of ROCSAT2 satellite, which is to be launched in November of 2003. The ISUAL instrument consists of a high-speed CCD imager, a six-channel spectrophotometer, and a red/blue band array photometer. Operating from a low-earth orbit, the instruments will facilitate long term, global survey of transient luminous events (TLES), and measure the spatial-temporal evolution of these upper atmospheric luminous phenomena. Through the ISUAL payload, we hope to learn the global distribution of TLES and to explore the possible unknown properties of TLEs from space. In this presentation, the salient characteristics of the ISUAL instruments will be introduced, as well as the observation strategy and the operation scenario. Besides devoting the majority of time towards observing TLEs, the project also will allocate a portion of time to other worthy scientific causes. International collaborations and observation proposals using ISUAL instruments are welcomed. * This work was partially supported by 92-NSPO(B)-ISUAL-FA09-01 and NSC 92-2111-M-006-002
DE: 0310 Airglow and aurora
DE: 2427 Ionosphere/atmosphere interactions (0335)
DE: 2435 Ionospheric disturbances
DE: 3304 Atmospheric electricity
DE: 3324 Lightning
SC: Atmospheric and Space Electricity [AE]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting