Electric field measurements during the MAC/EPSILON campaign

The MAC/EPSILON observational campaign in northern Norway involved the taking of three-axis electric field measurements of the middle atmosphere by means of five rocketborne payloads during October and November, 1987. Simultaneous horizontal electric field measurements made by two of the rocket flig...

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Main Authors: Croskey, C. L., Hale, L. C., Mitchell, J. D., Schmidlin, F. J., Hoppe, U.-P.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1990
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Norway
Northern Norway
Online Access:http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19910035699
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Summary:The MAC/EPSILON observational campaign in northern Norway involved the taking of three-axis electric field measurements of the middle atmosphere by means of five rocketborne payloads during October and November, 1987. Simultaneous horizontal electric field measurements made by two of the rocket flights were in general agreement in their limited overlap region. The more extensive horizontal E-field measurements exhibited a decreasing mapping function with decreasing altitude, thereby indicating the presence of fields from a local auroral patch. Small-scale variations in the horizontal fields of the lights were similar to observed wavelike variations in the neutral wind field.

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