EZIE mission

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The EZIE mission is a NASA heliophysics project designed to study Earth’s auroral electrojets and their role in coupling the planet’s magnetosphere and upper atmosphere.

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instanceOf NASA heliophysics mission
space science mission
acronym EZIE NERFINISHED
agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED
countryOfAgency United States NERFINISHED
dataApplication magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere coupling studies
space weather research
discipline geospace science
heliophysics
space physics
fullName Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer NERFINISHED
missionType observational mission
observesPhenomenon aurora
current systems in the high-latitude ionosphere
electrojets
geomagnetic disturbances
operator NASA
partOf NASA heliophysics missions portfolio
primaryObjective study Earth’s auroral electrojets
program NASA Heliophysics Division NERFINISHED
researchFocus auroral electrojets
geomagnetic activity
magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling
space weather processes
upper atmosphere coupling
scienceGoal characterize small-scale structure of auroral electrojets
improve understanding of currents flowing in auroral electrojets
support improved space weather modeling
understand how auroral electrojets contribute to energy transfer between the magnetosphere and upper atmosphere
studiesRegion Earth’s auroral zones
Earth’s magnetosphere
Earth’s polar ionosphere
Earth’s upper atmosphere
targetBody Earth NERFINISHED
usesTechnique Zeeman effect measurements
imaging of magnetic fields associated with auroral electrojets

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