HR: 1400h
AN: SA33A-12    [Abstracts]
TI: Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD)
AU: * Eastes, R
EM: reastes@mail.ucf.edu
AF: Florida Space Institute, Univ. of Central Florida, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899, United States
AU: McClintock, W
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States
AU: Aksnes, A
AF: Florida Space Institute, Univ. of Central Florida, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899, United States
AU: Anderson, D
AF: NOAA-SEC and CIRES-Univ. of Colorado, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303, United States
AU: Andersson, L
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States
AU: Burns, A
AF: NCAR, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, United States
AU: Budzien, S
AF: Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7607, Washington, DC 20375, United States
AU: Codrescu, M
AF: NOAA-SEC and CIRES-Univ. of Colorado, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303, United States
AU: Daniell, R
AF: Ionospheric Physic, Sandy Ridge Rd., Stoughton, MA 02072, United States
AU: Dymond, K
AF: Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7607, Washington, DC 20375, United States
AU: Eparvier, F
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States
AU: Harvey, J
AF: CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, United States
AU: Immel, T
AF: Space Sciences Laboratory, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
AU: Krywonos, A
AF: Florida Space Institute, Univ. of Central Florida, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899, United States
AU: Lankton, M
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States
AU: Lumpe, J
AF: Computational Physics, Inc., 8001 Braddock Rd, Springfield, VA 22151, United States
AU: Prolss, G
AF: Institut fur Astrophysik und Extraterrestrische Forschung, Auf dem Hugel 71, Bonn, 53121, Germany
AU: Richmond, A
AF: NCAR, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, United States
AU: Rusch, D
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States
AU: Solomon, S
AF: NCAR, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, United States
AU: Strickland, D
AF: Computational Physics, Inc., 8001 Braddock Rd, Springfield, VA 22151, United States
AU: Woods, T
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States
AB: The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) experiment is an ultraviolet imager being considered for flight on a geostationary (GEO) satellite as part of the upcoming Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission. On the daytime disk, high spectral resolution observations will give the first global-scale images of the neutral temperatures in the lower thermosphere (near 150 km). Limb measurements of atmospheric emissions and stellar occultations will provide complementary temperature data at higher altitudes, as well as a direct measurement of the thermospheric O₂ density profile. In addition, GOLD will perform more familiar measurements, such as the atomic oxygen to molecular nitrogen (O/N₂) ratio and night-time O⁺ density. From GEO, GOLD will almost continuously observe the same hemisphere and provide daily measurements at all local times. The simultaneous measurements of (O/N₂) and neutral temperature will enable advances in ionosphere-thermosphere modeling capabilities and allow us to understand: (1) the global- scale response of the thermosphere and ionosphere to geomagnetic and solar forcing; (2) the global-scale tidal amplitude and phase variations; and (3) the causes of small-scale ionospheric density irregularities.
UR: http:fsi.ucf.edu/GOLD/index.htm
DE: 0300 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE
DE: 0310 Airglow and aurora
DE: 2439 Ionospheric irregularities
DE: 2774 Radiation belts
DE: 7974 Solar effects
SC: SPA-Aeronomy [SA]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly