THEMIS Ground All Sky Imager at Rankin Inlet, NU, Canada. 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 (resolution 256 x 256 pixels) in a stainless steel enclosure topped with a transparent acrylic dome. 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. RANK is part of the Norstar ASI network.
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THEMIS Ground All Sky Imager at Rankin Inlet, NU, Canada. 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 (resolution 256 x 256 pixels) in a stainless steel enclosure topped with a transparent acrylic dome. 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. RANK is part of the Norstar ASI network.
| Role | Person | StartDate | StopDate | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | PrincipalInvestigator | spase://SMWG/Person/Vassilis.Angelopoulos | |||
| 2. | CoInvestigator | spase://SMWG/Person/Stephen.B.Mende | |||
| 3. | CoInvestigator | spase://SMWG/Person/Eric.Donovan | |||
| 4. | MetadataContact | spase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Weygand | |||
| 5. | MetadataContact | spase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze |
Web portal to access Canadian GBO data.
Norstar web resource for ASI data and information.
Brief description of ASI instrument and links to related papers.
National Space Science Data Center: ASI description.