NIGHTTIME LOWER IONOSPHERE ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENTS BY RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION TO ASCENDING ROCKETS

Abstract

Continuous radio waves at a frequency of 512 Kc were radiated from the ground to ascending Jupiter rockets. Receivers in the rockets measured the field strength of the waves in the D and lower E regions of the ionosphere. Telemetered data revealed the effects of the interference of direct and ionospherically reflected waves, ofABSORPTION AND OF CHANGES OF WAVE POLARIZATION. Reflection heights and electron density profiles are deduced from the telemetered data. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 15, 1962
Accession Number
AD0282382

Entities

People

  • E.a. Mechtly

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Fermions
  • Frequency
  • Ionosphere
  • Leptons
  • Measurement
  • Polarization
  • Radio Waves
  • Reflection
  • Subatomic Particles
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics