A YEAR'S STUDY OF THE INDEX OF IONOSPHERIC STORMINESS
Abstract
Several related features of ionospheric storms were studied. Empirical laws were developed relating the intensity of a magnetic disturbance to the intensity of the accompanying ionospheric disturbance, (Concord Storm Index.) In addition, sharpness of rise or fall of the magnetic disturbance was related consistently, and numerically, with the following days' ionospheric storm history. Seasonal variations of ionospheric storm-related parameters, and detailed variations of these parameters during the vast storms around April 1960 were explained. Progress was reported in the study of the Concord Anomalies indicating that the puzzling twotone anomaly is probably due to a special case of unusually high-speed conventional Faraday rotation. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0264756
Entities
People
- H.s. Marsh
- R.j. Cormier
Organizations
- Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories