CAWSES (Climate And Weather of the Sun-Earth System) Space Weather Database in Japan Observation (CAWSESDB-J-OB0055) Version 1.0 March 2006 (CAWSES SPACE-W Database in Japan) Data of the Optical Mesosphere Thermosphere Imagers (OMTIs) 2004-2005

OB0055

The Optical Mesosphere Thermosphere Imagers (OMTIs) were developed at the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, in order to investigate the dynamics of the upper atmosphere through nocturnal airglow emissions. The data are obtained at Shigaraki, Rikubetsu, Sata (Japan), Darwin (Australia), Kototabang (Indonesia), Resolute Bay, and Athabasca (Canada). In this DVD, plots are available for two-dimensional airglow images and airglow intensity. Wind vectors obtained by a Fabry-Perot interferometer at Shigaraki through 557.7nm and 630nm airglow are also available.

* For data use, insert the DVD to a PC with Windows 95/ 98/ 2000/XP, and click omti.html.

* These plots are also available on the web site at http://stdb2.stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp/omti/index.html.

* Please contact the Principal Investigators, K. Shiokawa or T. Ogawa before using these data for any publications and/or presentations.

* Please note that the data are just for browsing purpose and are not fully calibrated.

Acknowledgements:

The observations of OMTI are mainly carried out by the Division II members (K. Shiokawa, Y. Otsuka, and T. Ogawa) of the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory (STELAB), Nagoya University. We thank Y. Katoh, M. Satoh, T. Katoh, K. Hidaka, M. Sera, Y. Ikegami, and K. Hanano of the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, for their helpful support of the development and operation of the instruments. These instruments were calibrated using facilities at the National Institute of Polar Research, Japan. We thank the following collaborators at each station.

Collaborators

  
Shigaraki   : Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), 
	      Kyoto University, Japan
	
Darwin      : IPS Radio and Space Services, Australia
		
Kototabang  : Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), 
	      Kyoto University, Japan, and National Institute of 
	      Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), Indonesia
		
Resolute Bay: SRI International, USA, and University of Calgary, Canada
		
Athabasca   : Athabasca University and University of Calgary, Canada
		
Yonaguni    : Electronic Navigation Research Institute (ENRI), Japan, and 
	      National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
              (NiCT), Japan
			
		

This work is supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (16403007) and by the 21th Century COE Program (Dynamics of the Sun-Earth-Life Interactive System, No. G-4) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. This work is also supported by the Project 2 (Initiatives in geospace research using coordinated ground-satellite experiments) of the Geospace Research Center, Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University.

The Web browsers for OMTI plots have been developed in cooperation with Dr. F. Abe in the Center for Joint Observations and Data Processing, STE Laboratory.

Support for the production of CAWSES Database was provided by Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

Contact address:

    
Dr. Kazuo Shiokawa and Professor Tadahiko Ogawa
Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, 
Nagoya University
3-13, Honohara, Toyokawa, Aichi 442-8507, Japan
TEL: +81-533-89-5166   FAX: +81-533-89-1539
E-mail: shiokawa[AT]stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp
	ogawa[AT]stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp