Upper atmosphere research using aircraft /

• Main Authors: Gassmann, George J., Pittenger, Eugene W., Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Scientific apparatus and instruments; Jet planes; Atmosphere; Upper; Arctic; Bedford
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015095129022

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). Research supported by the Upper Atmosphere Physics Laboratory, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts. Upper Atmosphere Physics Laboratory Project 5631. AD 636 415. "April 1966." Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-51). 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). Mode of access: Internet.