Seasonal and Diurnal Variations in the Total Electron Content of the Ionosphere at Invariant Latitude 54 Degrees.

Abstract

Measurements of total ionospheric electron content (TEC) by Faraday rotation of radio waves are given for the period November 1967 to September 1973 for 136 MHz transmissions from the geostationary satellite ATS-3 observed at a sub-ionospheric invariant latitude of 54 degrees N. The diurnal curves showed the effects of solar radiation and particle precipitation. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 28, 1974
Accession Number
AD0786453

Entities

People

  • Gerald S. Hawkins
  • John A. Klobuchar

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Diurnal Variations
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Fermions
  • Geosynchronous Satellites
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Ionosphere
  • Latitude
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Radiation
  • Radio Waves
  • Solar Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space