Evaluation of Space Plasma Data: Effects upon Spacecraft Materials and Predictions of Hazardous Conditions; Polar ARCS
The Polar ARCS campaign consisted of a highly coordinated set of ground based, airborne, and in situ measurements of a polar cap aurora over Sondrestrom, Greenland, on February 26, 1987. Three charges of barium were injected into the F-region ionosphere immediately prior to the launch of a Black Bra...
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ftdtic:ADA219509 2023-05-15T16:28:08+02:00 Evaluation of Space Plasma Data: Effects upon Spacecraft Materials and Predictions of Hazardous Conditions; Polar ARCS Weiss, L. A. Winningham, J. D. Sharber, J. R. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INST SAN ANTONIO TX 1990-02-28 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA219509 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA219509 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA219509 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DTIC AND NTIS Atmospheric Physics *PLASMA WAVES *IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES *AURORAE IONOSPHERE IONS POLAR REGIONS MEASUREMENT PROBES MAGNETIC FIELDS GLOBAL HAZARDS INTERPLANETARY SPACE PREDICTIONS NEUTRAL PLASMAS(PHYSICS) ELECTRON DENSITY AIRBORNE MORPHOLOGY ELECTRIC FIELDS ELECTRONS RADAR REFLECTIONS SPACECRAFT COMPONENTS SYNCHRONISM TELEMETERING DATA INCOHERENT SCATTERING F REGION ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY BARIUM SPECTROMETERS OBSERVATORIES GREENLAND GROUND LEVEL MAGNETOMETERS LINE OF SIGHT DATA PROCESSING BARIUM CLOUDS POLAR ARCS DMSP(DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM) Text 1990 ftdtic 2016-02-23T02:21:39Z The Polar ARCS campaign consisted of a highly coordinated set of ground based, airborne, and in situ measurements of a polar cap aurora over Sondrestrom, Greenland, on February 26, 1987. Three charges of barium were injected into the F-region ionosphere immediately prior to the launch of a Black Brant IX rocket instrumented with AC and DC magnetometers, plasma wave and electric field probes, and ion/neutral and electron spectrometers. Simultaneous electron density and line-of-sight measurements were made by the Sondrestrom incoherent scatter radar, and all-sky imaging photography was performed by the AFGL Airborne Ionospheric Observatory (AIO). This report discusses the electron measurements and data analysis, Interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and DMSP satellite data are presented in an attempt to establish the global morphology of the polar cap during the campaign. The current status of the data from each of the other instruments is also assessed and recommendations for further data analysis are made. (jhd) Text Greenland Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Brant ENVELOPE(7.105,7.105,62.917,62.917) Greenland |
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Atmospheric Physics *PLASMA WAVES *IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES *AURORAE IONOSPHERE IONS POLAR REGIONS MEASUREMENT PROBES MAGNETIC FIELDS GLOBAL HAZARDS INTERPLANETARY SPACE PREDICTIONS NEUTRAL PLASMAS(PHYSICS) ELECTRON DENSITY AIRBORNE MORPHOLOGY ELECTRIC FIELDS ELECTRONS RADAR REFLECTIONS SPACECRAFT COMPONENTS SYNCHRONISM TELEMETERING DATA INCOHERENT SCATTERING F REGION ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY BARIUM SPECTROMETERS OBSERVATORIES GREENLAND GROUND LEVEL MAGNETOMETERS LINE OF SIGHT DATA PROCESSING BARIUM CLOUDS POLAR ARCS DMSP(DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM) |
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Atmospheric Physics *PLASMA WAVES *IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES *AURORAE IONOSPHERE IONS POLAR REGIONS MEASUREMENT PROBES MAGNETIC FIELDS GLOBAL HAZARDS INTERPLANETARY SPACE PREDICTIONS NEUTRAL PLASMAS(PHYSICS) ELECTRON DENSITY AIRBORNE MORPHOLOGY ELECTRIC FIELDS ELECTRONS RADAR REFLECTIONS SPACECRAFT COMPONENTS SYNCHRONISM TELEMETERING DATA INCOHERENT SCATTERING F REGION ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY BARIUM SPECTROMETERS OBSERVATORIES GREENLAND GROUND LEVEL MAGNETOMETERS LINE OF SIGHT DATA PROCESSING BARIUM CLOUDS POLAR ARCS DMSP(DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM) Weiss, L. A. Winningham, J. D. Sharber, J. R. Evaluation of Space Plasma Data: Effects upon Spacecraft Materials and Predictions of Hazardous Conditions; Polar ARCS |
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Atmospheric Physics *PLASMA WAVES *IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES *AURORAE IONOSPHERE IONS POLAR REGIONS MEASUREMENT PROBES MAGNETIC FIELDS GLOBAL HAZARDS INTERPLANETARY SPACE PREDICTIONS NEUTRAL PLASMAS(PHYSICS) ELECTRON DENSITY AIRBORNE MORPHOLOGY ELECTRIC FIELDS ELECTRONS RADAR REFLECTIONS SPACECRAFT COMPONENTS SYNCHRONISM TELEMETERING DATA INCOHERENT SCATTERING F REGION ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY BARIUM SPECTROMETERS OBSERVATORIES GREENLAND GROUND LEVEL MAGNETOMETERS LINE OF SIGHT DATA PROCESSING BARIUM CLOUDS POLAR ARCS DMSP(DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM) |
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The Polar ARCS campaign consisted of a highly coordinated set of ground based, airborne, and in situ measurements of a polar cap aurora over Sondrestrom, Greenland, on February 26, 1987. Three charges of barium were injected into the F-region ionosphere immediately prior to the launch of a Black Brant IX rocket instrumented with AC and DC magnetometers, plasma wave and electric field probes, and ion/neutral and electron spectrometers. Simultaneous electron density and line-of-sight measurements were made by the Sondrestrom incoherent scatter radar, and all-sky imaging photography was performed by the AFGL Airborne Ionospheric Observatory (AIO). This report discusses the electron measurements and data analysis, Interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and DMSP satellite data are presented in an attempt to establish the global morphology of the polar cap during the campaign. The current status of the data from each of the other instruments is also assessed and recommendations for further data analysis are made. (jhd) |
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SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INST SAN ANTONIO TX |
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Weiss, L. A. Winningham, J. D. Sharber, J. R. |
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Evaluation of Space Plasma Data: Effects upon Spacecraft Materials and Predictions of Hazardous Conditions; Polar ARCS |
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Evaluation of Space Plasma Data: Effects upon Spacecraft Materials and Predictions of Hazardous Conditions; Polar ARCS |
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Evaluation of Space Plasma Data: Effects upon Spacecraft Materials and Predictions of Hazardous Conditions; Polar ARCS |
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Evaluation of Space Plasma Data: Effects upon Spacecraft Materials and Predictions of Hazardous Conditions; Polar ARCS |
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Evaluation of Space Plasma Data: Effects upon Spacecraft Materials and Predictions of Hazardous Conditions; Polar ARCS |
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evaluation of space plasma data: effects upon spacecraft materials and predictions of hazardous conditions; polar arcs |
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1990 |
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