METHODS FOR OBTAINING ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILES FROM CAPACITIVE IONOSPHERIC ROCKET PROBES.
Abstract
Two rockets were fired in July, 1963 at Fort Churchill, Canada, in which the nosecone was insulated and the resistive and capacitive components of the admittance of two frequencies were measured between this insulated portion of the rocket and the main rocket body. A previous report by Herman, (AD-403 135), has described the theory on which the reduction of these measurements to electron density and collision frequency profiles can be accomplished. This procedure has since been modified to utilize the Sen-Wyller generalization of the Appleton-Hartree equation and has been applied to the analysis of the two experiments. The first firing took place during the solar eclipse of 20 July, 1963 at 4:05 p.m. L.M.T. when the percentage of totality was approximately 93%. The second firing took place on 26 July, 1963 at approximately the same local time. Electron density and collision frequency profiles for the two experiments are presented. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 15, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0603625
Entities
People
- P. E. Crouse
Organizations
- Pennsylvania State University