[en] The proposed HI-LITE Explorer will investigate the global ion outflow from the high-latitude ionosphere, its relationship to auroral features, and the consequences of this outflow on magnetospheric processes. The unique nature of the HI-LITE Explorer images will allow temporal and spatial features of the global ion outflow to be determined. The mission's scientific motivation comes from the fundamental role high-latitude ionospheric ions play in the dynamics of the solar wind driven magnetospheric-ionospheric system. These outflows are a major source of plasma for the magnetosphere and it is believed they play an important role in the triggering of substorms. In addition this paper describes the HI-LITE spacecraft and instruments.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Smith, Mark F; NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr.
Herrero, Federico A; Univ. Bern
Hesse, Michael; Boston Univ.
Baker, Daniel N; Univ. of Denver
Bochsler, Peter; Univ. of Liege
Wurz, Peter; Lockheed Palo Alto Research Lab.
Balsiger, Hans; NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr.
Chakrabarti, Supriya; Univ. of New Hampshire
Erickson, Gary; Rutherford Appleton Lab.
Cotton, Daniel M; Southwest Research Institute
Stephen, Thomas S
Jamar, Claude ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)
Gérard, Jean-Claude ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
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