Effects of Energy, Momentum and Particle Transport in the Near-Earth Solar Terrestrial System

Abstract

This work has included the scientific studies of high-latitude plasma irregularities and the physics of the aurora, engineering of space environmental sensors, and dat processing services. Scientific studies were conducted in the areas of energy dissipation, magnetosphere-ionosphere interactions and ionospheric plasma. Design work has been done on a series of plasma instruments for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), the Combined Release and Radiation Effects Studies (CRRES), the Photovoltaic Array Space Power (PASP) , the Interactions Measurements Payload for Shuttle (IMPS) and the NASA POLAR satellite program. Computer programs have been written to process RPA and Drift Meter data from the F8 and F9 DMSP satellites. Keywords: Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Auroral electrojet, Auroral currents, Electric fields, Magnetic fields, Plasma irregularities, Cusp.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA224393

Entities

People

  • D. R. Weimer
  • E. M. Basinska-lewin
  • J. H. James
  • M. E. Greenspan
  • P. B. Anderson

Organizations

  • Regis University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Driftmeters
  • Engineering
  • Grids
  • High Latitudes
  • Ionosphere
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Voltage

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites