A COORDINATED EXPERIMENT ON RADAR CLUTTER AND AURORAL PARTICLE FLUXES

Abstract

A series of coordinated experiments has been performed, consisting of simultaneous radar echo and auroral particle flux measurements over Alaska. The radar data were obtained by Stanford Research Institute, based at Homer, Alaska; the particle flux data were obtained from the Lockheed group of instruments aboard the polar-orbiting satellite OV1-18, during the spring and fall of 1969. Both radar and satellite data are of good to excellent quality, and general agreement is observed between location and intensity of radar echoes and the precipitating particles producing the aurora. Detailed analysis (not a part of this work) appears worthwhile to determine a characteristic signature for radar returns from aurora, as distinguished from solid body returns.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 1970
Accession Number
AD0709105

Entities

People

  • G. B. Shook

Organizations

  • Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analyzers
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Bodies
  • Clutter
  • Contracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Detectors
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Particle Flux
  • Particles
  • Radar
  • Radar Clutter
  • Radar Reflections
  • Radar Tracking
  • Scattering
  • Space Sciences

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects