Behavior of High-Latitude Irregularities during Geomagnetic Disturbances.

Abstract

Scintillation observations of VHF and UHF transmissions from geostationary satellites at Goose Bay have been used to study the average characteristics of the high latitude irregularity region. The paper describes the average time development and mean diurnal pattern of irregularities during 58 magnetic storms in 1971-1976. The diurnal variation at Goose Bay shows two peaks of scintillation activity. One peak occurs during the afternoon hours, while the second occurs during the night. The average diurnal pattern is independent of type of storm. diurnal and seasonal effects appear only in the first day of storm commencement and not in the following days which show a very similar diurnal picture. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 24, 1980
Accession Number
ADA094120

Entities

People

  • Jules Aarons
  • Zwi. Houminer

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Diurnal Variations
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Geosynchronous Satellites
  • Grids
  • High Latitudes
  • Ionospheric Scintillation
  • Latitude
  • Magnetic Disturbances
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Storms
  • Observation
  • Scintillation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space