Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Title:
Tour of the Plasmapause - April 2001
Instrument:
IMAGE/EUV
Description:
South polar view of the plasmapause.
Abstract:
The near-Earth space environment is filled with plasma formed when the sun's ultraviolet rays electrify the upper parts of the Earth's atmosphere. This region is called the plasmasphere and its outer boundary is called the plasmapause. Here we view the plasmasphere in a static state as the observer takes a slow polar-orbiting tour of the region.
Completed:
2005-11-18
Credit:
*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Studio:
SVS
Animator:
Tom Bridgman (Lead)
Scientist:
Jerald Goldstein (SwRI)
Science paper:
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 110, A09S31, doi:10.1029/2004JA01 0928, 2005
Series:
Space Weather Cold Fronts
Data Collected:
2001/04/11T00:24:00Z
Keywords:
SVS
Keywords:
Plasmasphere
Keywords:
Plasmapause
Keywords:
Space Weather
note:
More Information on this topic available at
http://www.nasa.gov…
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
April 2001
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Polar
facet_when_year:
2001
Animation Number:
3315
UID:
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a003300/a0033 15/plasmatourdataHR_ Orbit1.0179-IMAGE
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Tour of the Plasmapause - April 2001