Antarctic Space Sciences
Welcome
The Antarctic plateau provides a unique window to observe the dynamic processes that lead to the transfer of mass, energy, and momentum from the solar wind into and throughout the geospace system. Over the course of one day, geomagnetic field lines emanating from the southern high latitude region extend to the outer dayside magnetosphere, boundary layers and cusp across the polar cap to the mantle, lobe and portions of the plasma sheet. Explore our website to learn more
Recent Highlights
- Mende, S. B., Rachelson, W., Sterling, R., Frey, H. U., Harris, S. E., McBride, S., Rosenberg, T. J., Detrick, D., Doolittle, J. L., Engebretson, M., Inan, U., Labelle, J. W., Lanzerotti, L. J., & Weatherwax, A. T. 2009, Review of Scientific Instruments Observations of Earth space by self-powered stations in Antarctica
- Mende, S. B., Frey, H. U., McFadden, J., Carlson, C. W., Angelopoulos, V., Glassmeier, K.-H., Sibeck, D. G., & Weatherwax, A. 2009, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics) Coordinated observation of the dayside magnetospheric entry and exit of the THEMIS satellites with ground-based auroral imaging in Antarctica
- Lessard, M. R., Weatherwax, A. T., Spasojevic, M., Inan, U. S., Gerrard, A., Lanzerotti, L., Ridley, A., Engebretson, M. J., Petit, N. J., Clauer, R., LaBelle, J., Mende, S. B., Frey, H. U., Pilipenko, V. A., Rosenberg, T. J., & Detrick, D. 2009, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics) PENGUIn multi-instrument observations of dayside high-latitude injections during the 23 March 2007 substorm