The SMILE Ultra-Violet Imager (UVI): Instrument design and performance modeling
Abstract
The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission will utilize global (northern hemispheric) auroral images from an UltraViolet Imager (SMILE-UVI) to reveal magnetospheric system-level dynamics and their effects on the ionosphere and atmosphere. SMILE-UVI is a newly designed imager that is a partnership between the University of Calgary, the National Space Science Center (NSSC) and the University of Liège. The novel four mirror on-axis design is capable of imaging the aurora in full daylit conditions with sufficient resolution to enable cusp and polar cap boundary identification. The imager will also produce data of night-side auroral dynamics at an unprecedented spatial and temporal scales. In this paper, we discuss the science objectives of SMILE-UVI, the overall instrument design and the results of full instrument performance simulations utilizing modelled aurora, dayglow and solar Rayleigh scattering. We also briefly discuss the trade space for instrument performance and expected data products relative to previous global auroral imaging missions.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016AGUFMSM44A..05S
- Keywords:
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- 2723 Magnetic reconnection;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICSDE: 2724 Magnetopause and boundary layers;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICSDE: 2740 Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICSDE: 2794 Instruments and techniques;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS