UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH USING AIRCRAFT.

• Main Authors: GASSMANN, George J., Pittenger,Eugene W.
• Other Authors: AIR FORCE CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH LABS L G HANSCOM FIELD MASS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1966
• Subjects: Aircraft; Atmospheric Physics; *ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING; IONOSPHERE; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; RADIO WAVES; SKY BRIGHTNESS; SOLAR ECLIPSES; IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; COSMIC RAYS; Arctic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0636415; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0636415

An existing airborne installation is described and its potentialities are outlined. The particular properties of a jet aircraft (movability, speed, altitude) combined with appropriate ionospheric sounding equipment (receivers, optical apparatus, magnetometer, and cosmic ray recorders) constitute a unique capability. After reviewing past results obtained from more limited airborne equipment, an outline of operations and objectives is given, pertaining to: Magnetic Shell Propagation, Arctic Radio Physics, Eclipse Effects, Dumping of Trapped Electrons, Equatorial Electrojet, Nuclear Detonation Effects, Ionospheric Drifts, Airglow and Cosmic Ray Surveys. (Author)