Upper Atmosphere Chemical Release and Smoke Trail Triangulation 1978 - 1981

Abstract

The objective of the first three field trips was to determine experimentally the magnitude and direction of stratospheric winds and shears, and to mark persistent layers of turbulence as a function of geographic latitude. The experiment conducted at Wallops Island, Virginia provided data corresponding to mid-latitudes. The trips to Ft. Churchill, Canada and Lima, Peru provided similar data corresponding to Arctic and Tropical Latitudes respectively. The objective of the trip to Fairbanks, Alaska in February, 1981 was to launch a cooperative AFGL Space Physics and Aeronomy division rocket, satellite, aircraft and ground-based experiment which would gather the data necessary to test the concepts of making quantitative electron density assessments from optical measurements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA119925

Entities

People

  • Howard D. Edwards

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atmospheres
  • Cameras
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Ground Based
  • High Resolution
  • Latitude
  • Measurement
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Physics
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Three Dimensional
  • Triangulation
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Polar and Arctic Studies

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space