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Imaging results from Dynamics Explorer 1
Author(s) -
Frank L. A.,
Craven J. D.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg026i002p00249
Subject(s) - substorm , polar , geophysics , plasma sheet , spacecraft , physics , instrumentation (computer programming) , ionosphere , boundary layer , astronomy , geology , plasma , magnetosphere , mechanics , quantum mechanics , computer science , operating system
We provide an overview of several of the most significant results from the global imaging instrumentation on board the Earth‐orbiting spacecraft Dynamics Explorer 1. These topics include (1) the evolution of the auroral oval during substorms, (2) fluctuations of polar cap area encircled by the auroral oval during a magnetic substorm, (3) the mapping of poleward arcs of the auroral oval into the plasma sheet boundary layer, (4) the theta aurora, (5) atmospheric holes, (6) the geocorona, and (7) the rates of water loss from comet Halley.