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RENU2 UV PMT Observations of the Cusp
Author(s) -
Fritz Bruce A.,
Lessard Marc R.,
Dymond Kenneth F.,
Kenward David R.,
Lynch Kristina A.,
Hecht James H.,
Clemmons James H.,
Cook Timothy,
Chakrabarti Supriya,
Solomon Stanley C.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2019gl082314
Subject(s) - airglow , sounding rocket , physics , payload (computing) , rocket (weapon) , cusp (singularity) , atmospheric sciences , electron precipitation , ultraviolet , photomultiplier , polar , environmental science , optics , astronomy , magnetosphere , computer network , geometry , mathematics , plasma , quantum mechanics , detector , network packet , computer science , engineering , aerospace engineering
The Rocket Experiment for Neutral Upwelling 2 (RENU2) sounding rocket launched from the Andøya Space Center on 13 December 2015 into the dayside polar cusp. An ultraviolet photomultiplier tube (UV PMT) on the RENU2 payload was oriented to look up along the spin axis for emissions of neutral atomic oxygen above the payload. Data from the UV PMT have been compared to predicted auroral emissions calculated by the Global Airglow (GLOW) model. The comparison between GLOW calculations driven by RENU2 electron precipitation measurements and UV PMT data suggest enhanced neutral density in the cusp at altitudes above the RENU2 trajectory.