Optical, Radio and Computer Simulation Studies of the Brazil Ionospheric Modification Experiment of 8 September 1982.

Abstract

The Brazil Ionospheric Modification Experiments (BIME) provided an opportunity to conduct simultaneous airglow and electron content observations during a space plasma active experiments campaign in Natal, Brazil, in September 1982. A period of background data was also obtained, and computer simulation studies were conducted for the background and artificially disturbed conditions. The BIME -1 release produced a depletion in TEC of 1-1.5 TEC units that was accompanied by an airglow burst of approximately 500 R at 6300 A. Wide-angle imaging at 6300 A revealed an airglow cloud that extended to 150 km in radius. Postmission simulation studies carried out using the Boston University Finite Element Simulation (FES) Code were in good agreement with the observations. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1983
Accession Number
ADA135143

Entities

People

  • B. Herniter
  • Harlan Spence
  • John R. Baumgardner
  • M. Mendillo

Organizations

  • Boston University

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atmosphere Models
  • Cameras
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Geometry
  • Geophysics
  • Models
  • Observation
  • Photographs
  • Photometers
  • Simulations
  • Universities
  • Wide Angles

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  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

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  • Microelectronics
  • Space