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

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• 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

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.

Free Research Field

超高層大気物理学