DIRECT IN SITU MEASUREMENTS OF AURORAL PARAMETERS.

Three rockets were fired into visible auroral forms from Ft Churchill, Manitoba, Canada in the winters of 1964 and 1965. The rocket payloads contained a complex array of instruments in a program to simultaneously conduct direct in situ measurements of many important auroral parameters. The technique...

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Main Author: Baker, Kay D.
Other Authors: UTAH UNIV SALT LAKE CITY UPPER AIR RESEARCH LABS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1966
Subjects:
Atmospheric Physics
Test Facilities
Equipment and Methods
Unmanned Spacecraft
(*AURORAE
*ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING)
SOUNDING ROCKETS
INSTRUMENTATION
MEASUREMENT
PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
ATMOSPHERES
LAUNCHING SITES
CANADA
Canada
Churchill
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0635604
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Summary:Three rockets were fired into visible auroral forms from Ft Churchill, Manitoba, Canada in the winters of 1964 and 1965. The rocket payloads contained a complex array of instruments in a program to simultaneously conduct direct in situ measurements of many important auroral parameters. The techniques and results of these measurements are presented followed by a discussion on the inter-relationships between the atmospheric ionization, heating, excitation, and auroral light emission, resulting from the energetic electron flux interacting with the atmosphere.

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