Balloon Electrical Environment Profiling System (BEEPS).
Abstract
The Balloon Electrical Environment Profiling Systems (BEEPS), was envisaged as a sensory system that could be utilized to obtain a vertical profile of the complete set of atmosphere electrical parameters: (1) vector electric fields, conduction currents, and conductivity. Other objectives were to use high-technology in the design and produce a small system that could be easily launched. All of these design objectives have been met. The experimental objectives utilizing the systems developed in the program were to obtain atmospheric electrical data in the arctic, where solar-activity perturbations to the upper atmosphere of an electrical nature are known to occur. This objective has likewise been met: two BEEPS were launched from the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL) at Point Barrow, Alaska. The scientific goal of finding an electrical coupling between solar activity and tropospheric weather cannot be achieved with two balloon flights but this program has demonstrated the capability of the BEEPS for acquiring the necessary data to test electrical coupling mechanisms within the lower atmosphere.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA095531
Entities
People
- Arthur A. Few Jr
Organizations
- Rice University