SMEI: A Spaceborne Observatory for Heliospheric Remote Sensing
Abstract
The Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI) provides measurements of the Thomson scattering brightness with near-full sky coverage from Earth orbit. These observations allow three-dimensional reconstruction of the solar wind density and velocity throughout the inner heliosphere. We discuss how these observations provide context for in situ solar wind observations from other "Great Observatory" satellites near Earth (ACE), other planets (Mars Orbiter) and in deep space (Ulysses).
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2005
- Bibcode:
- 2005AGUFMSH51C1219H
- Keywords:
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- 2101 Coronal mass ejections (7513);
- 2102 Corotating streams;
- 7594 Instruments and techniques;
- 7924 Forecasting (2722)