EVIDENCE OF IONOSPHERIC INHOMOGENEITIES OVER WALLOPS ISLAND.

Abstract

Evidence of large-scale (20 percent variation, 150 km crest-to-crest) ionospheric inhomogeneity was discovered from analysis to two-frequency beacon data obtained during a daytime, high-altitude rocket flight at Wallops Island, Virginia, although similar flights 8 months earlier and 12 hours later provided inconclusive beacon data. Evidence of the inhomogeneity was also obtained from series of ionograms recorded concurrently with the first two flights, but not with the third. A digital ray tracing program was successfully used in reducing the data. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0629922

Entities

People

  • Irving Chidsey

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Frequency
  • High Altitude
  • Ionograms
  • Ray Tracing
  • Virginia

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.