The multichannel thermosphere-ionosphere photometer scanner (MTIPS) UV photometer instrument

Lucas S. Anderson; John Noto; Geoff S. Crowley

doi:10.1117/12.3029343

3 October 2024 The multichannel thermosphere-ionosphere photometer scanner (MTIPS) UV photometer instrument

Lucas S. Anderson, John Noto, Geoff S. Crowley

Proceedings Volume 13143, Earth Observing Systems XXIX; 1314303 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3029343
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2024, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Earth’s coupled ionosphere and thermosphere play a critical role in the Earth’s Heliospheric system, providing a pathway for energy from the solar wind and magnetosphere to enter the Earth’s upper atmosphere. Ionospheric disturbances and variability caused by this energy occur on timescales from seconds to years and play a crucial role in space weather, with impacts on the performance and reliability of space-borne and ground-based technological systems used for communication, navigation, and surveillance. The Multichannel Thermosphere-Ionosphere Photometer Scanner (MTIPS) instrument is a CubeSat scale instrument for narrowband photometric measurements of excited atomic oxygen and molecular nitrogen species. MTIPS will provide simultaneous high-sensitivity Vacuum Ultra-Violet (VUV) photometer measurements of key atomic oxygen (135.6 nm) and molecular nitrogen Lyman-Birge-Hopfield (LBH) band emissions for targeted (135.6 nm, LBH, and background) nightside, dayside, and auroral zone investigations of the thermosphere and ionosphere.

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Lucas S. Anderson, John Noto, and Geoff S. Crowley "The multichannel thermosphere-ionosphere photometer scanner (MTIPS) UV photometer instrument", Proc. SPIE 13143, Earth Observing Systems XXIX, 1314303 (3 October 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3029343

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