Optical Mesosphere Thermosphere Imager (OMTIs)PIs: Prof. K. Shiokawa, Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory (STEL), Nagoya UniversityObjectives of OMTIs 
The Optical Mesosphere Thermosphere Imagers (OMTIs) observe the Earth's upper atmosphere through nocturnal airglow emissions from oxygen (wavelength: 557.7 nm) and hydroxyl (near infrared band) in the mesopause region (altitude: 80-100 km) and from oxygen (630.0 nm) in the thermosphere/ionosphere (altitude: 200-300 km). The OMTIs consist of all-sky cooled-CCD imagers, Fabry-Perot interferometers (FPIs), meridian scanning photometers, and airglow temperature photometers, in order to measure two-dimensional images of the upper atmospheric disturbances, and their Doppler wind and temperature. They are in automatic operation at many countries in the world. OMTIs Home Page |
Current Instrument Map (July, 2012)
The OMTIs instruments are set at 12 ground-based stations in Far-East Russia, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, Canada, and Norway, as shown in Figure above.
| glat | glon | mlat | mlon | inclination | declination | |
| ATH Athabasca, Canada | 54.7 | 246.7 | 61.7 | 306.2 | 76.57 | 17.35 |
| RSB Resolute Bay, Canada | 74.73 | 265.07 | 82.9 | 302.7 | 88.15 | -32.45 |
| TRS Tromso, Norway | 69.59 | 19.227 | 67.1 | 116.4 | 78.05 | 6.20 |
| MGD Magadan, Russia | 60.05 | 150.73 | 51.9 | 213.2 | 71.56 | -11.02 |
| PTK Paratunka, Russia | 52.97 | 158.248 | 45.8 | 221.4 | 67.50 | -2.785 |
| RIK Rikubetsu, Japan | 43.5 | 143.8 | 34.7 | 210.8 | 57.8 | -9.1 |
| SGK Shigaraki, Japan | 34.8 | 136.1 | 25.4 | 205.1 | 49.1 | -7.1 |
| STA Sata, Japan | 31.02 | 130.68 | 21.2 | 200.5 | 44.8 | -5.8 |
| YNG Yonaguni, Japan | 24.5 | 123.0 | 14.6 | 193.9 | 35.1 | -3.6 |
| CMU Chiang Mai, Thailand | 18.79 | 98.92 | 8.92 | 171.51 | 25.3 | -0.80 |
| DRW Darwin, Australia | -12.44 | 130.96 | -22.12 | 204.00 | -40.74 | 3.58 |
| KTB Kototabang, Malaysia | -0.20 | 100.32 | -10.63 | 171.93 | -20.10 | -0.57 |