Composite Equatorial Spread-F Wave Number Spectra from Medium to Short Wavelengths.

Abstract

In an effort to provide a full-spectral classification of equatorial spread-F irregularities from large scale behavior (approximately 100 km) to the meter-size domain, the authors have analyzed a combination of rocket and satellite data which in concert covers the complete six decade irregularity distribution. Their results provide a composite perspective in the hierarchy of processes which contribute to the total phenomenon called equatorial spread-F and provides the first in situ meter-size irregularity measurements which help explain the relationship of spectral power at short wavelengths to that in the transitional and intermediate domain.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA128951

Entities

People

  • E. P. Szuszewicz
  • Manish Singh

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Data Analysis
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Ground Based
  • Hierarchies
  • Instability
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Power Levels
  • Power Spectra
  • Rayleigh Taylor Instability
  • Rocket Trajectories
  • Short Wavelengths
  • Trajectories
  • Turbulent Mixing

Readers

  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space