DIRECT IN SITU MEASUREMENTS OF AURORAL PARAMETERS.

Abstract

Three rockets were fired into visible auroral forms from Ft Churchill, Manitoba, Canada in the winters of 1964 and 1965. The rocket payloads contained a complex array of instruments in a program to simultaneously conduct direct in situ measurements of many important auroral parameters. The techniques and results of these measurements are presented followed by a discussion on the inter-relationships between the atmospheric ionization, heating, excitation, and auroral light emission, resulting from the energetic electron flux interacting with the atmosphere.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 06, 1966
Accession Number
AD0635604

Entities

People

  • Kay D. Baker

Organizations

  • University of Utah

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Canada
  • Electron Flux
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Excitation
  • Ionization
  • Manitoba
  • Measurement

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics