Investigations of Atmospheric Ion-Neutral Processes.

Abstract

The application of the flowing afterglow technique, developed in National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) support, to the measurement of atmospheric ion-neutral reactions has continued to be the major effort of the group. A number of significant results, essential to the understanding of the normal and disturbed ionospheres, have been obtained. The technique has been extended in the temperature range over which it operates and a new combined flowing afterglow-drift tube combination has been put in operation which closes the energy gap between thermal measurements and beam measurements.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0773097

Entities

People

  • A. L. Schmeltekopf
  • D. L. Albritton
  • E. E. Ferguson
  • F. C. Fehsenfeld

Organizations

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afterglows
  • Atmosphere (Earth)
  • Atmospheric Scattering
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Energy Gaps
  • Ionosphere
  • Measurement

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics