PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT OF THE POLAR ATMOSPHERE.
Abstract
The program of research was directed at studying the bombardment of the polar atmosphere by radiations accompanying solar and magnetic disturbances. The program was based on using radiation detectors on balloon-borne platforms and measuring the fluxes, spectra, time variations and geophysical associations of the incoming radiation. The radiation encountered at high latitudes consisted of protons, accelerated at the sun and propagated through interplanetary space to the earth, and electrons, accelerated within the magnetosphere of the earth and guided to high latitudes by the geomagnetic field. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0702854
Entities
People
- E. W. Hones Jr.
- R. Parthasarathy
- Richard H. Karas
- Robert A. Weir
- Robert R. Brown
Organizations
- University of California, Berkeley