The THEMIS Mission [electronic resource] /
Burch, James L.editor.
Angelopoulos, Vassilis.editor.
The THEMIS mission aims to determine the trigger and large-scale evolution of substorms by employing five identical micro-satellites which line up along the Earth's magnetotail to track the motion of particles, plasma, and waves from one point to another and for the first time, resolve space-time ambiguities in key regions of the magnetosphere on a global scale. The primary goal of THEMIS is to elucidate which magnetotail process is responsible for substorm onset at the region where substorm auroras map: (i) local disruption of the plasma sheet current (current disruption) or (ii) the interaction of the current sheet with the rapid influx of plasma emanating from reconnection. The probes also traverse the radiation belts and the dayside magnetosphere, allowing THEMIS to address additional baseline objectives. This volume describes the mission, the instrumentation, and the data derived from them.
Description based upon print version of record.
Foreword -- The THEMIS Mission -- THEMIS Science Objectives and Mission Phases -- Orbit Design for the THEMIS Mission -- THEMIS Operations -- The THEMIS Constellation -- Instrument Data Processing Unit for THEMIS -- The THEMIS Magnetic Cleanliness Program -- Instrument Boom Mechanisms on the THEMIS Satellites; Magnetometer, Radial Wire, and Axial Booms -- THEMIS Ground Based Observatory System Design -- The THEMIS Fluxgate Magnetometer -- The Search Coil Magnetometer for THEMIS -- The THEMIS ESA Plasma Instrument and In-flight Calibration -- The Electric Field Instrument (EFI) for THEMIS -- The THEMIS Digital Fields Board -- The THEMIS Array of Ground-based Observatories for the Study of Auroral Substorms -- THEMIS Ground-Based Magnetometers -- The Upgraded CARISMA Magnetometer Array in the THEMIS Era -- First Results from the THEMIS Mission -- THEMIS ESA First Science Results and Performance Issues -- First Results of the THEMIS Search Coil Magnetometers -- OpenGGCM Simulations for the THEMIS Mission -- The Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) Education and Outreach (E/PO) Program.
The THEMIS mission aims to determine the trigger and large-scale evolution of substorms by employing five identical micro-satellites which line up along the Earth's magnetotail to track the motion of particles, plasma, and waves from one point to another and for the first time, resolve space-time ambiguities in key regions of the magnetosphere on a global scale. The primary goal of THEMIS is to elucidate which magnetotail process is responsible for substorm onset at the region where substorm auroras map: (i) local disruption of the plasma sheet current (current disruption) or (ii) the interaction of the current sheet with the rapid influx of plasma emanating from reconnection. The probes also traverse the radiation belts and the dayside magnetosphere, allowing THEMIS to address additional baseline objectives. This volume describes the mission, the instrumentation, and the data derived from them.
Space sciences.
Atmospheric sciences.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).
Atmospheric Sciences.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.