An Ionospheric Total Electron Content Disturbance Associated with the Launch of NASA's Skylab.
Abstract
By monitoring the amount of Faraday rotation a plane polarized satellite signal experiences in traversing the ionosphere, it is possible to measure the total number of electrons in a column of unit cross section through the Earth's ionosphere. Report discusses: Ground-based total electron count observations and the Skylab launch; electron loss mechanisms in the F-region; diffusion of the Saturn V S-II plume in the ionosphere; ionosonde observations; and estimates of photochemical and aeronomic processes capable of depleting the expanding plume.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 29, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA000018
Entities
People
- Gerald S. Hawkins
- John A. Klobuchar
- Michael Mendillo
Organizations
- Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories