Ionospheric Response to Solar Eclipse.

Abstract

Four stations were installed in Southern and Eastern Africa to observe Faraday rotation of signals from the geostationary satellite Intelsat IIF3 over a period of about 10 days including the solar eclipse of 30 June 1973. It was intended to investigate eclipse induced gravity waves which theory had suggested to be expected. In agreement with other observers, any such gravity waves were at less than 10% of the expected amplitude and were not observed.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1974
Accession Number
ADA010509

Entities

People

  • Arthur N. Hunter

Organizations

  • University of Lancaster

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Amplitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Eclipses
  • Geosynchronous Satellites
  • Gravity
  • Gravity Waves
  • Observers
  • Rotation
  • Solar Eclipses
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology

Technology Areas

  • Space