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The Ionospheric Explorer
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Infographic: ICON and the Edge of the Atmosphere
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Earth's Pulsating Ionosphere
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Earth's Pulsating Ionosphere
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Airglow and the Earth's Magnetic Field
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Expected emissions around the magnetic equator due to the ion fountain effect
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Observations of the ionospheric emissions around the magnetic equator (from England et al. 2009)
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Process by which El Niño affects the ionosphere
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Ionospheric density during El Niño
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Nighttime Ionosphere
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Extreme Ultraviolet instrument
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Far Ultraviolet (FUV) instrument first light
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First Light from ICON’s MIGHTI Instrument
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ICON skin is based on
Greytness
by
Adammer
™
Background image, courtesy of NASA, is a derivitave of photograph taken by D. Pettit from the ISS, used under
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