THEMIS Instrumentation - 1 Polar Gateways 2008 23-29 Jan 2008 THEMIS Instrumentation Dr. John Bonnell Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley •Mission Objectives and Measurements: • THEMIS=Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms • What Events to Register? • What Interactions to Monitor? • What Instruments are Required to Perceive Them?
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THEMIS Instrumentation - 1Polar Gateways 200823-29 Jan 2008
THEMIS InstrumentationDr. John Bonnell
Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley
•Mission Objectives and Measurements:• THEMIS=Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms• What Events to Register?• What Interactions to Monitor?• What Instruments are Required to Perceive Them?
THEMIS Instrumentation - 2Polar Gateways 200823-29 Jan 2008
Mission Objectives and Measurements
THEMIS = Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms
•What Events? • Substorm Onset (GBO All-Sky Cameras and Mags)• Current Disruption and Redirection (THEMIS Probes)• Magnetic Reconnection (THEMIS Probes)
P1P3,P4,P5 P21000-1500 km/s!
THEMIS Instrumentation - 3Polar Gateways 200823-29 Jan 2008
•What Interactions?
Mission Objectives and Measurements
PlasmaHeating
Plasma Flows
Plasma Waves
Magnetic Field Reconfiguration(Reconnection, Current Diversion/Disruption)
THEMIS Instrumentation - 4Polar Gateways 200823-29 Jan 2008