New ultraviolet: global space weather systems

Robert E. Huffman

doi:10.1117/12.140845

22 January 1993 The new ultraviolet - Global Space Weather Systems

Robert E. Huffman

Proceedings Volume 1764, Ultraviolet Technology IV; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.140845
Event: San Diego '92, 1992, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A significant new application of ultraviolet sensors to remote sensing of the ionosphere and thermosphere from satellites is emerging from previous decades of UV space experimentation. This new use will be on what can be termed Global Space Weather Systems, which will have several new UV sensors in addition to the current in situ instrumentation. The technological development of UV atmospheric radiance measurements, FUV auroral imagers, and EUV solar flux measurements is traced. Challenges to current UV technology remain, including further development of the AURIC UV radiance and transmission code; use of UV stars for in-flight calibration; evaluation of occultation methods as opposed to current airglow methods; and most importantly, the necessity for ground truth validation of proposed ionospheric electron density remote sensing methods through further satellite UV airglow measurements.

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Robert E. Huffman "The new ultraviolet - Global Space Weather Systems", Proc. SPIE 1764, Ultraviolet Technology IV, (22 January 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.140845

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