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Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor, Instrument and First Results

J. PolnyCarl Budtz-jørgensenNikolai ØStgaardCarol Anne OxborrowPeter BrauerFreddy ChristiansenIb Lundgaard RasmussenLasse HusbjergTorsten NeubertPer Lundahl ThomsenSøren Møller PedersenIrfan KuvvetliSteen Savstrup KristensenNiels Christian JessenDenis TcherniakVictor RegleroOlivier ChanrionC. StoltzeJan E. BallingKrystallia Dimitriadou

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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesbusiness.industryMultispectral imageModular designSpace (mathematics)01 natural sciencesLightningAtmosphereObservatory0103 physical sciencesInternational Space StationThunderstormEnvironmental sciencebusiness010303 astronomy & astrophysics0105 earth and related environmental sciencesRemote sensing

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The Atmosphere-Space Interaction Monitor (ASIM) is an observatory mounted outside the Columbus module on the International Space Station. It has been operational since April 13th, 2018. It contains two instruments: The Modular X- and Gamma-ray Sensor (MXGS) and The Modular Multispectral Imaging Array (MMIA). The objective of ASIM is to monitor thunderstorms and auroras, including lightning discharges, especially discharges upwards above thunderstorms. This paper presents the instrument package and some first results.

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2019-07-01IGARSS 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
https://doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2019.8900301