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 u...