Influence of Aerosols on Electrical Parameters in the Free Atmosphere.

Abstract

A force-ventilated device for measuring the small positive ion density from a rising balloon platform in the free atmosphere has been developed and tested on 6 flights. The data from individual soundings indicate that the instrument produces self consistent results but there appears to be long term trends of the apparent stratospheric ion density which may be associated with some unidentified variable. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA060330

Entities

People

  • D. J. Hofmann
  • J. M. Rosen

Organizations

  • University of Wyoming

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accumulators
  • Air Flow
  • Air Supplies
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Coaxial Cables
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrometers
  • Flight Instruments
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Ion Density
  • Ions
  • Low Voltage
  • Measurement
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Voltage

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster