Evaluation of Space Plasma Data: Effects upon Spacecraft Materials and Predictions of Hazardous Conditions; Polar ARCS

• Main Authors: Weiss, L. A., Winningham, J. D., Sharber, J. R.
• Other Authors: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INST SAN ANTONIO TX
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1990
• Subjects: 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); Brant; Greenland
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA219509; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA219509

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...