Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Density below 250 km. Volume I. System Concept,
Abstract
A novel method is presented for the determination of the altitude profile of molecular nitrogen between approximately 120 and 250 km. The profile is remotely measured by a satellite-borne ultraviolet spectrometer. The design concept also includes the remote determination of the fast photoelectron flux and the molecular oxygen and the sodium D-line emission profiles, all with a vertical resolution of about 5 km and a horizontal resolution of about 400 km. Approximately 50 profiles per orbit are measured. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 15, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0732858
Entities
People
- Arthur B. Prag
Organizations
- The Aerospace Corporation