ROCKET INSTRUMENTATION FOR AURORAL MEASUREMENTS - AEROBEE 3.615,

Abstract

An Aerobee rocket (3.615) was instrumented with a sophisticated array of devices for simultaneous, direct measurement of many parameters associated with the polar ionosphere during a visible auroral event. The instruments included electron and proton counters and scintillators, electron and ion density and temperature probes, x-ray counters, and auroral light photometers. Details of the rocket payload and the 24 different sensors are presented. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0681464

Entities

People

  • David A. Burt
  • Karl G. Seljaas
  • Kay D. Baker
  • L. Carl Howlett
  • Ralph H. Haycock

Organizations

  • University of Utah

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Counters
  • Electrons
  • Instrumentation
  • Ion Density
  • Ionosphere
  • Ions
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Photometers
  • Proton Counters
  • Radiation Measuring Instruments
  • Scintillation Counters
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics