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Auroral Imaging Digital Data from the Spin-Scan Auroral Imager (SAI) on Dynamics Explorer-1

Entry ID: 81-070A-03

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Summary

Abstract: The DE-1 auroral image data set consists of all mission analysis files (MAFs)
generated at the University of Iowa. Each MAF contains one nadir-centered image
produced by one of the three photometers. The angular dimensions of a typical
full frame are 30 X 30 degrees and span 14,400 pixels. The images from all
three photometers are telemetered simultaneously with a repetition rate that
can vary ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Mary Rae Dvorsky

Dataset Title: Dynamics Explorer - 1 Spin-scan Auroral Imager's (DESAI)

Online Resource: http://www-pi.physics.uiowa.edu/www/desai/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1981-09-23

Stop Date: 1991-02-28

Location Keywords

SPACE > EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD > HIGH LATITUDE MAGNETOSPHERE

SPACE > EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD > INNER MAGNETOSPHERE

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

VERTICAL LOCATION > IONOSPHERE

Science Keywords

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTHS > SENSOR COUNTS

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > SENSOR COUNTS

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE IMAGERY

SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS > AURORAE

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

DE-1 > Dynamics Explorer-1

Instrument

SPIN-SCAN AURORAL IMAGER

Ancillary Keywords

AURORA

GEOCORONA

Originating Center

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Data Center

National Space Science Data Center, Space Science Data Operation Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Dataset ID: 81-070A-03A

Data Center Personnel
Name: ROBERT M. CANDEY Contact Address: NASA, GSFC, Code 632 City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa

Data Center URL: http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: MARY RAE DVORSKY Phone: (319) 335-1937 Fax: (319) 335-1753 Email: dvorsky at iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu Contact Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Iowa Van Allen Hall City: Iowa City Province or State: IA Postal Code: 52242 Country: USA

Personnel

MARY RAE DVORSKY

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: (319) 335-1937

Fax: (319) 335-1753

Email: dvorsky at iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu

Contact Address:

Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of Iowa

Van Allen Hall

City: Iowa City

Province or State: IA

Postal Code: 52242

Country: USA

LOUIS A. FRANK

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: (319) 335-1695

Fax: (319) 335-1753

Email: louis-frank at uiowa.edu

Contact Address:

Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of Iowa

212 Van Allen Hall

City: Iowa City

Province or State: IA

Postal Code: 52242

Country: USA

Publications/References

Frank, L. A., J. D. Craven, K. L. Ackerson, M. R. English, R. H. Eather, and
R. L. Carovillano, Global auroral imaging instrumentation for the Dynamics
Explorer mission, Space Sci. Inst., 5, 369-393, 1981.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-07-28

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