Rocketborne Instrumentation for the Measurement of Electric Fields - Paiute Tomahawk 10.312-3

Abstract

The report is primarily concerned with the instrumentation of a Paiute-Tomahawk rocket which was launched to measure the magnitude and direction of electric fields in and over an auroral arc. In addition, other instruments aboard made measurements of electron flux, auroral light emissions, electron concentration and electron temperatures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA010439

Entities

People

  • L. C. Howlett
  • Ronald J. Bell

Organizations

  • Utah State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Analyzers
  • Detectors
  • Electron Density
  • Electron Energy
  • Electron Flux
  • Electrons
  • Energy Bands
  • High Altitude
  • Ionosphere
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Monitors
  • Radar
  • Simulations
  • Space Sciences
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics