the esperia project - infn.pptVIP

The ESPERIA general project ESPERIA Phase A Study (Italian Space Agency) EME space observations EFA sensors MAFA sensors LPRPA sensors Particle Detector Analyzer OUTLINE of the Project EGLE magnetic sensor Work in progress: * Vittorio Sgrigna (P.I.) Universita’ e Sez. INFN Roma Tre ESPERIA  Un progetto di missione spazialeper lo studio di perturbazioni nella zona di transizione ionosfera-magnetosfera Mirror point Ionospheric interaction region Lower boundary of the inner radiation belt Mirror point Trajectory of trapped particles Main Issues of the ESPERIA Space Mission Project Magnetospheric Dynamics Ionospheric Perturbations Geomagnetic Field Fluctuations Seismic Precursors External Sources (Sun Cosmic Rays) Seismo-EM Anthropogenic Emissions Thunderstorm Activity PBs Earth’s interior processes Anthropogenic emissions Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere couplings Sun activity Cosmic rays Detectable phenomena Magnetic equatorial mission LEO satellite Multi-instrument payload Ionosphere-magnetosphere transition zone Privileged region of investigation Study of near-Earth EM, plasma, and particle environment in steady-state and perturbed-state conditions. Designed to Planned with Scientific program observations Coordinated, simultaneous, and continuous ground-based and space observations Scientific objectives Primary: seismo-electromagnetic emissions Secondary: man-made EM emissions T Preseismic fault creep events: 1997 Umbria-Marche seismic sequence Ground-based Mechanical Observations Intermediate-term tilt precursors (? weeks?months) iltmeter network C rustal block structure T ilt Data T he Model Loma Prieta earthquake, October 18, 1989, M=7.1 (Fraser-Smith et al., 1990) Spitak earthquake, December 7, 1988, M = 6.9 (Kopytenko et al., 1993) Ground-based EME observations round-based EME observations G EME ULF/ELF anomalies recorded contemporarily by AUREOL-3 and IKB-1300 satellites 4h before the S