Program: GN-2013B-DD-3
Title: | Linking Io's Volcanic Activity to Plasma Torus Variability |
PI: | Katherine de Kleer |
Co-I(s): | Imke de Pater, Ashley Davies |
Abstract
This fall and winter, the ISAS/JAXA SPRINT-A/EXCEED mission will continuously monitor the Jovian system in the EUV, providing a truly unique opportunity to study the connection between volcanic activity on Io and variability in the plasma torus surrounding Jupiter. We propose to observe Io with ALTAIR/NIRI at 3.8 micron for 15 minutes on 12 nights throughout the semester, and analyze our results in conjunction with the results from the EXCEED mission to assess correlations between the temporal variability of Io's volcanic activity and the plasma torus. Due to the short (few month) observation window of the EXCEED mission and the extent of other ground-based support, both observations and publication are extremely time-sensitive. In addition, the recent detection of a vigorous eruption at Rarog Patera makes such observations particularly timely and interesting, and we request two specific observation dates coinciding with scheduled spectroscopic observations providing follow-up on the eruption.
Publications using this program's data
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[ADS] Two new, rare, high-effusion outburst eruptions at Rarog and Heno Paterae on Io
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[ADS] Near-infrared monitoring of Io and detection of a violent outburst on 29 August 2013
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[ADS] Time variability of Io's volcanic activity from near-IR adaptive optics observations on 100 nights in 2013-2015
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[ADS] Io: Eruptions at Pillan, and the time evolution of Pele and Pillan from 1996 to 2015
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[ADS] Io's Loki Patera: Modeling of three brightening events in 2013-2016
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[ADS] Spatial distribution of Io's volcanic activity from near-IR adaptive optics observations on 100 nights in 2013-2015
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[ADS] Three decades of Loki Patera observations
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[ADS] Variability and geologic associations of volcanic activity on Io in 2001-2016
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[ADS] Variability in Io's Volcanism on Timescales of Periodic Orbital Changes
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[ADS] Io’s Volcanic Activity from Time Domain Adaptive Optics Observations: 2013–2018