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Observatory

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/AIM
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
AIM
ReleaseDate
2010-08-05 18:19:12Z
Description

AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere) is a NASA Small
Explorer spacecraft launched April 25, 2007, into a high-inclination,
600-km altitude orbit for study of noctilucent clouds (also called Polar
Mesospheric Clouds) that occur at 80-90 km altitudes at high latitudes in
summer time and are thought to be formed by ice crystals.

AIM carried three instruments:

  • The Cloud Imaging and Particle Size (CIPS) experiment
    that provides an average 5km x 5km resolution in downward-looking images.
  • The Solar Occultation For Ice Experiment (SOFIE) for limb profiles of
    temperatures and absorptions for various molecules.
  • The Cosmic Dust Experiment (CDE).
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.ProjectScientistspase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Russell.III
InformationURL
Name
AIM web page at Hampton University
URL
Location
ObservatoryRegion
Earth.NearSurface