HR: 0800h
AN: SM21A-0362    [Abstracts]
TI: THEMIS Ground Based Observatories
AU: * Jackel, B
EM: bjackel@phys.ucalgary.ca
AF: University of Calgary, Physics and Astronomy, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Canada
AU: Donovan, E
EM: eric@phys.ucalgary.ca
AF: University of Calgary, Physics and Astronomy, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Canada
AU: Greffen, M
EM: greffen@phys.ucalgary.ca
AF: University of Calgary, Physics and Astronomy, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Canada
AU: Angelopoulos, V
EM: vassilis@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450 United States
AU: Mende, S
EM: mende@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450 United States
AU: Harris, S
EM: sharris@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450 United States
AU: Rachelson, W
EM: wrachelson@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450 United States
AU: Russell, C
EM: ctrussell@igpp.ucla.edu
AF: University of California, Los Angeles, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 United States
AU: Pierce, D
EM: dpierce@varametrix.com
AF: University of California, Los Angeles, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 United States
AU: Dearborne, D
EM: ddearbor@igpp.ucla.edu
AF: University of California, Los Angeles, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 United States
AB: A network of 20 Ground-Based Observatories (GBOs) plays a crucial role in the 5 satellite Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) NASA mission. Each GBO will provide white-light all-sky auroral images at a 5 second cadence and geomagnetic field vectors at a minimum of 1 Hz. These data will be used in conjunction with the spacecraft observations to study the initial onset and development of the substorm process. There will be 16 GBOs in Canada and 4 in Alaska, providing more than 8 hours of local time coverage. Each site will be connected to the internet with a fallback link provided by the Iridium network. Summary data from the GBO field sites will be available in real-time and full resolution data will physically retrieved every few months. Nearly half the sites are already operational, with the remainder to be installed during the summer 2006 field season. This talk will be a review of the GBO project progress including topics such as design, construction, communications, operations and data management.
DE: 2740 Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics
DE: 2790 Substorms
DE: 2794 Instruments and techniques
SC: SPA-Magnetospheric Physics [SM]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005