HR: 14:55h
AN: SA23B-06 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: The Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI): An Ultraviolet Sensor of the Thermospheric and Ionospheric States
AU: * Dymond, K F
EM: kenneth.dymond@nrl.navy.mil
AF: E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Code 7607 Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375-5352 United States
AU: Thonnard, S E
AF: E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Code 7607 Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375-5352 United States
AU: Nicholas, A C
AF: E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Code 7607 Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375-5352 United States
AU: Budzien, S A
AF: E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Code 7607 Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375-5352 United States
AU: McCoy, R P
EM: mccoyr@onr.navy.mil
AF: Office of Naval Research, Code 321SR 800 N. Quincy Street,, Arlington, VA 22217-5660 United States
AB: We present a brief overview of the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) ultraviolet remote sensor that is currently in operation aboard the Defense Meteorlogical Satellite Program's F-16 satellite. The satellite is an a sun-synchronous orbit at 0730 local time, at a 98$\deg$ inclination, and a circular orbit at an altitude of $\sim$840 km. The instrument has been operating since mid-October 2003. We present an overview of the instrument's capabilities, its measurement goals, and some of the data that are being used for basic research.
DE: 2419 Ion chemistry and composition (0335)
DE: 2494 Instruments and techniques
DE: 0310 Airglow and aurora
DE: 0394 Instruments and techniques
SC: SPA-Aeronomy [SA]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting