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THEMIS GBO All Sky Imager at McGrath, AK. ASI Thumbnails Data.

(2023). THEMIS GBO All Sky Imager at McGrath, AK. ASI Thumbnails Data. [Data set]. University of California, Berkeley. https://doi.org/10.48322/ep3w-4p06. Accessed on .

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ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/THEMIS/Ground/McGrath/ASI/thumb_PT3S

Description

THEMIS Ground All Sky Imager at McGrath (62.95 deg GLat, 204.40 deg GLong): 32 x 32 pixel thumbnails for full ASI images. The ASI stations monitor a 170 degree field of view imaging the auroral oval at kilometer resolution. The ASI is comprised of a fisheye lens and CCD in a stainless steel enclosure topped with a transparent acrylic dome. The CCD has a resolution of 256 x 256 pixels. Exposure control ranges from 5 s to 1 ms although the typical data rate is one image every 3 seconds. Silicone heaters keep the instrument within the nominal temperature range. During daylight hours sun shades deploy to protect the CCD.

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ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/THEMIS/Ground/McGrath/ASI/thumb_PT3S
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
THEMIS GBO All Sky Imager at McGrath, AK. ASI Thumbnails Data.
AlternateName
THEMIS-Ground AST
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48322/ep3w-4p06
ReleaseDate
2023-08-07 21:15:33Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2023-06-30 13:00:00Z
Note
Made changes requested by F. Frey, Updated version. Added contact and DOI info.
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2023-08-07 13:00:00Z
Note
Added Emma Spanswick to contacts.
Description

THEMIS Ground All Sky Imager at McGrath (62.95 deg GLat, 204.40 deg GLong): 32 x 32 pixel thumbnails for full ASI images. The ASI stations monitor a 170 degree field of view imaging the auroral oval at kilometer resolution. The ASI is comprised of a fisheye lens and CCD in a stainless steel enclosure topped with a transparent acrylic dome. The CCD has a resolution of 256 x 256 pixels. Exposure control ranges from 5 s to 1 ms although the typical data rate is one image every 3 seconds. Silicone heaters keep the instrument within the nominal temperature range. During daylight hours sun shades deploy to protect the CCD.

Acknowledgement
We acknowledge NASA contract NAS5-02099 and V. Angelopoulos for use of data from the THEMIS Mission. Specifically S. Mende and E. Donovan for use of the ASI data, and the CSA for logistical support in fielding and data retrieval from the GBO stations.
PublicationInfo
Authors
Angelopoulos, V., Mende, S. B., Donovan, E., and Frey, H. U.
PublicationDate
2023-01-01 00:00:00
PublishedBy
University of California, Berkeley
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Vassilis.Angelopoulos
2.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Stephen.B.Mende
3.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Eric.Donovan
4.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Harald.U.Frey
5.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Emma.Louise.Spanswick
InformationURL
Name
THEMIS Summary Plots
URL
http://themis.ssl.berkeley.edu/gbo/display.py?view_type=summary
Description

Summary plots containing ASI thumbnail images; useful for determining when ASI data exists.

PriorIDs
spase://VMO/NumericalData/THEMIS/Ground/UCLA-GBO/MCGR/ASI/thumb_PT3S
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/THEMIS/Ground/McGrath/ASI/thumb_PT3S
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/UCB/THEMIS
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
THEMIS Web Data
URL
http://themis.ssl.berkeley.edu/data/themis/thg/l1/asi/mcgr/
Format
CDF
Encoding
None
InstrumentIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/THEMIS/Ground/UCLA-GBO/MCGR/ASI
MeasurementType
ImageIntensity
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
2005-08-31 04:00:00
RelativeStopDate
-P7D
Cadence
PT3S
Parameter #1
Name
thg_ast_mcgr
ParameterKey
thg_ast_mcgr
Description

Thumbnail images of 32x32 pixels; saturation counts for each pixel.

Units
counts
Structure
Size
32 32
Wave
Qualifier
Scalar
WaveQuantity
Intensity
Parameter #2
Name
thg_ast_mcgr_column
ParameterKey
thg_ast_mcgr_column
Description

Image column number; x-dimension, image width.

Structure
Size
32
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #3
Name
thg_ast_mcgr_row
ParameterKey
thg_ast_mcgr_row
Description

Image row number; y-dimension, image height.

Structure
Size
32
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #4
Name
thg_ast_mcgr_time
ParameterKey
thg_ast_mcgr_time
Description

thg_ast_mcgr_time, UTC, in seconds since 01-Jan-1970 00:00:00

Caveats
Not including leap seconds
Units
s
ValidMin
0.0
ValidMax
5.0E9
FillValue
NaN
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal