ROCKET INSTRUMENTATION FOR PCA MEASUREMENTS-BLACK BRANT 17.757

• Main Authors: Burt,David A., Allred,Glenn D.
• Other Authors: UTAH UNIV SALT LAKE CITY UPPER AIR RESEARCH LABS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: Atmospheric Physics; Rockets; Telemetry; *RADIO WAVES; *SOUNDING ROCKETS; *ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING; POLAR REGIONS; PAYLOAD; ELECTRON DENSITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LANGMUIR PROBES; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; SOLAR FLARES; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROBES; WIRING DIAGRAMS; IONOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; ALPHA PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTOMETERS; BLACK BRANT; PCA(POLAR CAP ABSORPTION); POLAR CAP ABSORPTION; D REGION; Brant; Canada; Langmuir; Churchill
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0705599; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0705599

A Black Brant rocket, instrumented to measure ionospheric parameters was launched from Churchill Research Range, Manitoba, Canada, in November 1968, during a Polar Cap Absorption event. The purpose of the flight was to investigate input proton fluxes and corresponding effects upon the ionospheric D-region. The payload of the rocket contained instruments to measure input proton fluxes, electron density and temperature, positive ion density, X-rays, Lyman-alpha radiation, and atmosheric optical emissions. Experimental procedures and instrumentation are described. (Author) See also Scientific rept. no. 3, AD-696 100.