Abstract: The MODIS has successfully operated on-board the NASA's EOS Terra and Aqua spacecraft for more…
Author: New NASA STI
Electron Jet of Asymmetric Reconnection
Abstract: We present Magnetospheric Multiscale observations of an electron-scale current sheet and electron outflow jet for…
Tracking On-Orbit Stability of the Response Versus Scan Angle for the S-NPP VIIRS Reflective Solar Bands
Abstract: The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) satellite…
Motion of the MMS Spacecraft Relative to the Magnetic Reconnection Structure Observed on 16 October 2015 at 1307 UT
Abstract: We analyze a magnetopause crossing by the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft at 1307 UT on…
Estimates of Terms in Ohm’s Law During an Encounter with an Electron Diffusion Region
Abstract: We present measurements from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission taken during a reconnection event on…
Magnetic Reconnection and Modification of the Hall Physics Due to Cold Ions at the Magnetopause
Abstract: Observations by the four Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft are used to investigate the Hall physics of…
Magnetospheric Multiscale Observations of Large-Amplitude Parallel, Electrostatic Waves Associated with Magnetic Reconnection at the Magnetopause
Abstract: We report observations from the Magnetospheric Multiscale satellites of large-amplitude, parallel, electrostatic waves associated with…
Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914
Abstract: On September 14, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected a gravitational-wave transient (GW150914);…
Rapidly Rising Transients in the Supernova – Superluminous Supernova Gap
Abstract: We present observations of four rapidly rising (t(sub rise) approximately equals 10 days) transients with…
Key Elements of a Low Voltage, Ultracompact Plasma Spectrometer
Abstract: Taking advantage of technological developments in wafer-scale processing over the past two decades, such as…