GOLD | High Altitude Observatory

Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk

Investigation of the physical mechanism of the formation and evolution of equatorial plasma bubbles during a moderate storm on September 17, 2021

GOLD Namx left and right panels

Investigation of the GOLD Observed Merged Nighttime EIA with WACCM-X Simulations during the Storm of November 3–4, 2021

Nmax observed by GOLD and NmF2 simulated by WACCM-X

Pronounced suppression and X-pattern merging of equatorial ionization anomalies after the 2022 Tonga volcano eruption

ICON MIGHTI track

The effects of IMF By on the middle thermosphere during a geomagnetically “quiet” period at solar minimum

The polar view of the percentage difference of simulated ∑O/N2 and GOLD observed ∑O/N2 between DOY 111 and 110 at 15:10 UT in 2019. The perimeter latitude is 30°N

The Molecular Oxygen Density Structure of the Lower Thermosphere as Seen by GOLD and Models

Comparisons of local time structure of molecular oxygen at 21°N, 170 km altitude

NASA Features Research by HAO Scientist Xuguang Cai

Data from NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD, mission reveals the twin bands of charged particles that persist near the equator at night

Upper atmosphere radiance data assimilation: A feasibility study for GOLD far ultraviolet observations

Accuracy of temperature estimates in the measurement update step for four different assimilated observations

Thermospheric composition O/N2 response to an altered meridional mean circulation during Sudden Stratospheric Warmings observed by GOLD

GOLD plots

Global-scale Measurements of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) Mission Implementation: Instrument Design and Early Flight Performance

Sectional view of a GOLD spectroscopic imaging channel

Comparison of GOLD nighttime measurements with total electron content: preliminary results

The comparison between the GOLD map and TEC2 map on DOY 72 in 2019 23:10-23:40 (top) and 23:55-24:25 (bottom)

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