The two wide-angle imaging neutral-atom spectrometers (TWINS) NASA mission-of-opportunity

DJ McComas, F Allegrini, J Baldonado, B Blake… - Space Science …, 2009 - Springer
T wo W ide-angle I maging N eutral-atom S pectrometers (TWINS) is a NASA Explorer
Mission-of-Opportunity to stereoscopically image the Earth's magnetosphere for the first …

Five years of stereo magnetospheric imaging by TWINS

J Goldstein, DJ McComas - Space Science Reviews, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Two Wide-angle Imaging Neutral-atom Spectrometers (TWINS) is the first
stereoscopic magnetospheric imager. TWINS is a NASA Explorer Mission of Opportunity …

First IBEX observations of the terrestrial plasma sheet and a possible disconnection event

DJ McComas, MA Dayeh, HO Funsten… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission has recently provided the first all‐sky
maps of energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) emitted from the edge of the heliosphere as well as …

Storm‐substorm relationship: Variations of the hydrogen and oxygen energetic neutral atom intensities during storm‐time substorms

S Ohtani, PC Brandt, DG Mitchell… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The present study observationally addresses the role of the magnetospheric substorm in the
storm‐time ring current intensification. The intensity of energetic neutral atom (ENA) …

Merging mesoscale magnetotail features and ground B‐field perturbation network connectivity during substorm activity

M Adewuyi, A Keesee… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The connection between the magnetosphere and ionosphere is particularly dynamic during
substorms. Mesoscale features in the magnetotail are consistent with substorm activity …

Regions of ion energization observed during the Galaxy‐15 substorm with TWINS

AM Keesee, MW Chen, EE Scime… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Ions in the plasma sheet are measured by the energetic neutral atom imagers on the Two
Wide‐Angle Imaging Neutral‐Atom Spectrometers (TWINS) spacecraft. A line of sight (LOS) …

The big picture: Imaging of the global geospace environment by the TWINS mission

J Goldstein, DJ McComas - Reviews of Geophysics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Encircling our planet at distances of 2.5 to 8 Earth radii is a dynamic plasma population
known as the ring current (RC). During geomagnetic storms, the solar wind's interaction with …

Simulation and TWINS observations of the 22 July 2009 storm

MC Fok, N Buzulukova, SH Chen… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
TWINS is the first mission to perform stereo imaging of the Earth's ring current. The magnetic
storm on 22 July 2009 was at the time the largest storm observed since TWINS began …

Large magnetic storms as viewed by TWINS: A study of the differences in the medium energy ENA composition

PW Valek, J Goldstein, DJ McComas… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
During large geomagnetic storms (Dst≤− 100 nT), oxygen can become a significant
component of the energetic particles of the inner magnetosphere. Until recently, there were …

Inner magnetosphere convection and magnetotail structure of hot ions imaged by ENA during a HSS‐driven storm

AM Keesee, JG Elfritz, DJ McComas… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The remotely measured increase in plasma sheet ion temperatures during high speed
stream‐driven storms is greater than that of ICME‐driven storms. These hot ions are …