Investigation of Magnetic Field Phenomena in the Ionosphere.

Abstract

Weston Observatory (Boston College) has maintained a geomagnetic observatory to continuously monitor changes in the geomagnetic field and to provide standards for magnetic instrumentation as well as a coil system in which a wide variety of magnetic instrumentation has been tested and calibrated to support AFGL testing and installation of portions of a magnetometer network for the collection and digital transmission of magnetic activity data to Bedford, Mass. The observatories are at approximately 55 deg N corrected geomagnetic latitude on sites from Massachusetts to the State of Washington. There are detailed engineering drawings of the sites, the instrumentation shelters and the instrumentation vans. Some problems with the instrumentation and their solutions are described. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA037541

Entities

People

  • Edward Johnson
  • John F. Devane
  • Robert Dalrymple

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Charged Particles
  • Circuit Boards
  • Contracts
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detectors
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Instrumentation
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetometers
  • Measurement
  • Observatories
  • Power Supplies
  • Printed Circuits
  • Test Equipment
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.