A Case Study of S3-2 Observations in the Late Evening Auroral Oval.

Abstract

Instrumentation aboard the polar-orbiting Air Force satellite S3-2, as well as the methods by which the measurements are reduced to geophysically significant quantities, are described in great detail. The quality of the high-time resolution data is illustrated using measurements of an auroral zone overpass in the late evening sector when simultaneous DMSP imagery was also available. The validity of the data reduction processes is corroborated by a detailed comparison of simultaneous measurements of the entire complement of scientific experiments on the satellite. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 08, 1979
Accession Number
ADA072996

Entities

People

  • D. A. Hardy
  • F. J. Rich
  • M. C. Kelley
  • M. Smiddy
  • W. J. Burke

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Case Studies
  • Charged Particles
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Current Density
  • Detectors
  • Driftmeters
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Flux
  • Electron Probes
  • Electrons
  • Grids
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Satellites

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space