Research and Development
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Sun and Planets
Sun
- Solar radio emissions and particle acceleration (IPRT/AMATERAS)
- Multi-wavelength observation of solar active region
Jupiter/Io
- Io-originated teneous gas and plasmas in the Jupiter’s inner magnetosphere observed with HISAKI, and the Haleakala telescopes
- Jupiter’s infrared aurora (Halealaka T60, Subaru/IRCS and NASA/IRTF/CSHELL/ISHELL)
- Jupiter’s synchrotron radio emission (IPRT/AMATERAS)
- Jupiter’s decametric radio emission (HF antennas)
- Jupiter’s magnetospheric dynamics derived by Galileo
Saturn
- Satrun’s auroral kilometric radio emission based on the Cassini data
- Enceladus’ oxygen torus (Haleakala T60)
Venus and Mars
- Venus’ middle and upper atmosphere by models
- Venus’ mesospheric wind and temperature field based on MILAHI data
- Minor tracer gases on Mars revealed by MEX/PFS, and Exomars/TGO and ground-based telescopes(Subaru, SOFIA, ALMA etc)
- Martian atmospheric gravity waves observed by MEVEN and models
- Periodic variations of Venus upper atmosphere by Hisaki
- Full-particle and GCM models of the Martian upper atmosphere
Earth
Auroral Ionosphere, and Magnetosphere
- Pulsating aurora and related high-energy precipitating electrons obtained by sounding rockets and models
- Small-scale discrete aurora and pulsating aurora obtained with Reimei, ground-based imagers (Poker Flat/MIRACLE/ALIS) and EISCAT/ESR radars
- Auroral radio emissions measured with ground, rocket and space experiments
- High-latitude ionospheric outflow and upflow obtained with Akebono and ground-based spectrometer at Svalvard
- Radiation belt high-energy particle revealed with Arase(ERG) and ground-based LF radar
- Polar cap auroral dynamics and high-energy precipitation (SEP, SPA) events
Upper and middle atmosphere
- Concentric atomospheric gravity waves at mid- and low-latitudes thermosphere observed by ISS/IMAP-VISI
- Tenuous gas analysis related to ion upflow in the upper atmosphere
Moon
- Moon’s surface structure and plasma environment observed with Kaguya
Exoplanets
Developments and Observatories
Space Missions and Instruments
- Reimei/MAC (Multi-spectral auroral camera)
- ISS/IMAP-VISI (Visible and near-Infrared Spectrograph Instrument)
- Arase(ERG)/PWI (Plasma wave)
- BepiColombo/MMO(Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter)/PWI(Plasma Wave Investigation)
- JUICE/RPWI(Plasma wave) and SWI(Submillimeter Wave Instrument)
- Mars Moon eXploration(MMX)/Near-infrared hyper-spectral imager
Observatories and ground-based instruments
- Haleakala T60 telescope
- Iitate Planetary Radio Telescope (IPRT/AMATERAS)
- VISP: Visible Imager and Spectrograph with coronagrphy
- AO imager
- A wide field-of-view monochromatic imager
- Near-infrared Echelle spectrograph (ESPRIT)
- Near-infrared camera (TOPICS)
- MILAHI: Mid-Infrared Laser Heterodyne Instrument
- HF antenna systems
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