Development of the imaging observational technique from the International Space Station with wide field-of-view and high resolution

• Project/Area Number: 26610156
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Space and upper atmospheric physics
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Saito Akinori 京都大学, 理学研究科, 准教授 (10311739)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): EJIRI Mitsumu 国立極地研究所, 研究教育系, 助教 (80391077)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 大気光 / オーロラ / 国際宇宙ステーション / 電離圏 / 熱圏 / 中間圏 / 撮像観測 / プラズマ圏 / 国際宇宙ステ－ション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Imaging observations of the upper atmosphere with wide field-of-view and high resolution was carried out from the International Space Station using digital single lens reflex camera. The observational and analysis techniques was developed to utilize the non-scientific imaging data for the scientific researches of the airglow and the aurora.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Calibration of imaging parameters for space-borne airglow photography using city light positions (2016)
  • Author(s): Hozumi, Y., A. Saito, M. K. Ejiri
  • Journal Title: Earth Planets and Space Volume: 68 Issue: 1 Pages: 155-164
  • DOI: 10.1186/s40623-016-0532-z
  • NAID: 120005997863
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] Seasonal and spatial variation of topside He+ column density obtained from Extreme Ultra Violet Imager onboard the International Space Station (2016)
  • Author(s): Hozumi, Y., A. Saito, G. Murakami, A. Yamazaki, I. Yoshikawa
  • Organizer: American Geophysical Union fall meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 2016-12-12
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] SS-IMAP observation of the airglow structures in the MLT region (2016)
  • Author(s): Saito, A., T. Sakanoi, A. Yamasaki, Y. Otsuka, S. Perwitasari, Y. Hozumi and IMAP working group
  • Organizer: International Symposium on the Whole Atmosphere
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-14
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Disturbances of the Mesosphere, Thermosphere and Ionosphere Detected by the Imaging Observation from International Space Station (2016)
  • Author(s): Saito, A., Y. Hozumi, T. Sakanoi, S. Perwitasari, I. Yoshikawa, A. Yamasaki, Y. Otsuka, H. Nakata and IMAP working group
  • Organizer: The 13th Annual Meeting Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
  • Place of Presentation: Beijing, China
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-31
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Coupling process among the mesosphere, thermosphere and ionosphere elucidated by the ISS-IMAP mission (2016)
  • Author(s): Saito, A., A. Yamazaki, T. Sakanoi, I. Yoshikawa, Y. Otsuka, and Y. Hozumi
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2016年大会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-21
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 宇宙からの広視野撮像を用いた大気光帯状構造の観測 (2016)
  • Author(s): 佐藤大仁, 斉藤昭則, 穂積裕太
  • Organizer: 第29回大気圏シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: JAXA 宇宙科学研究所
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-07
• [Presentation] Airglow image of atomospheric wave captured from the International Space Station (2015)
  • Author(s): Yuta Hozumi, Akinori Saito, Takeshi Sakanoi, Atsushi Yamazaki
  • Organizer: 第138回 地球電磁気･地球惑星圏学会講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-31
• [Presentation] 国際宇宙ステーションからの撮像観測を用いた大気光輝度の不連続の三次元構造の推定 (2015)
  • Author(s): 佐藤大仁, 齊藤昭則, 穂積裕太, 秋谷祐亮
  • Organizer: 第138回 地球電磁気･地球惑星圏学会講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-31
• [Presentation] Imaging observation of the low- and mid-latitude ionosphere from ground and space (2015)
  • Author(s): Saito, A., T. Sakanoi, Y. Otsuka, T. Tsugawa, M. Nishioka, Chia-Hung Chen, and M. Yamamoto
  • Organizer: 14th International Symposium on Equatorial Aeronomy
  • Place of Presentation: バヒルダール、エチオピア
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-19
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Airglow structures of mesospheric mesoscale wave observed from the International Space Station (2015)
  • Author(s): Hozumi, Y., A. Saito, T. Sakanoi, Y. Akiya, A. Yamazaki
  • Organizer: The 26th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
  • Place of Presentation: プラハ、チェコ
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-22
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 国際宇宙ステーションからの撮像画像を用いた中間圏大気光メソスケール波動構造の研究 (2015)
  • Author(s): 穂積 裕太, 齊藤 昭則, 坂野井 健, 秋谷 祐亮, 山崎 敦
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2015年大会
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張メッセ
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-24
• [Presentation] 国際宇宙ステーションからの撮像観測を用いた大気光輝度の不連続の三次元構造の推定 (2015)
  • Author(s): 佐藤 大仁, 齊藤 昭則, 秋谷 祐亮, 穂積 裕太
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2015年大会
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張メッセ
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-24
• [Presentation] ISS-IMAP/VISI観測による大気光構造の発光高度の決定と伝搬速度の解析 (2014)
  • Author(s): 穂積 裕太, 齊藤 昭則, 坂野井 健, 秋谷 祐亮, 山崎 敦
  • Organizer: 地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会 第 136 回総会・講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 長野県松本文化会館
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-01
• [Presentation] 宇宙ステーションからの撮像画像を用いた中間圏大気光メソスケールパッチ構造の研究 (2014)
  • Author(s): 穂積裕太, 斉藤昭則, 坂野井健, 秋谷祐亮, 山崎敦
  • Organizer: ISS-IMAP研究集会
  • Place of Presentation: 情報通信研究機構小金井本部
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-23