SCIFER2

Principal Investigator: Paul Kintner

Sounding of the Cusp Ion Fountain Energization Region-2 (SCIFER2) launched at 0730 UT from Andoya Rocket Range in Andenes, Norway on January 18, 2008.  The SCIFER-2 study was based on the previous, highly successful SCIFER mission launched in 1995.  The SCIFER-2 payload reached 1460 km altitude and crossed several auroral arc and ion outflows measured by the EISCAT Svalbard ground radar.  SCIFER-2 was instrumented to measured particles and fields as well as UV emissions (130 nm) from atmospheric atomic oxygen. The SCIFER2 event consisted of dynamic poleward moving auroral forms.

SCIFER2 launch; photo by Njal Gulbrandsen

SCIFER2 updates:

• May 21, 2012 -- A paper entitled "Electron Temperature in the Cusp as Measured with the SCIFER-2 Sounding Rocket" , written by Eric Lund, Marc Lessard , Fred Sigernes, Dag Lorentzen, P.M. Kintner , Kristina Lynch, D.H. Huang, Beichen Zhang, and Dr. Huigen Yang has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research.

Paul Kinter's updates

Related links

Andoya rocket range SCIFER2 site