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PI: Henrik Melin, Space Environment Technologies, hmelin@spacewx.com
Address: 1676 Palisades Dr., Pacific Palisades, CA 90272, United States
CoI: Sarah Badman, University of Leicester
CoI: Ichiro Yoshikawa, University of Tokyo
CoI: Tom Stallard, University of Leicester
CoI: Steve Miller, University College London
CoI: Atsushi Yamazaki, JAXA/ISAS
CoI: Yasumasa Kasaba, Tohoku University
CoI: Takeshi Sakanoi, Tohoku University
CoI: Tomoki Kimura, JAXA/ISAS
CoI: Chihiro Tao, LPP
CoI: Mizuki Yoneda, Tohoku University
CoI: Masato Kagitani, Tohoku Un
CoI: James O'Donoghue, University of Leicester
CoI: James Blake, University of Leicester
Title: Quantifying energy flows between Jupiter's magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere
Abstract:
Over the past two decades, our understanding of the connection between the
volcanism observed at the moon Io – feeding the magnetospheric plasma sheet –
and Jupiter’s auroral emissions has developed tremendously. Despite this, we
barely grasp the large-scale processes that transfer energy into the auroral
region, and how these processes physically affect the state of the upper
atmosphere. Between the 1st and 14th of January 2014, a coordinated
multi-wavelength, multi-platform, cam- paign will investigate how energy and
plasma flows from the Io torus via the magnetosphere into the upper
atmosphere of Jupiter. Gemini GNIRS observations will play a cruical part in
this campaign, providing a direct measure of how the upper atmosphere
responds the particle precipitation.
National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 North Cherry Avenue, P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, Arizona 85726, Phone: (520) 318-8000, Fax: (520) 318-8360
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