Users Guide for the Topside Ionospheric Plasma Monitor (SSIES, SSIES-2 and SSIES-3) on Spacecraft of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, Volume 1: Technical Description.

Abstract

This report describes the Topside Ionospheric Plasma Monitor instruments (acronym SSIES, SSIES-2 and SSIES-3) for technical users of the data. The SSIES/SSIES-2/SSIES-3 are a series of instruments from on spacecraft of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). Technical users are any person or organization which uses the geophysical quantities derived from these instruments to assist in determining the state of the space environment. The prime technical user is the Air Force Space Forecast Center, Falcon AFB, CO. This report describes how the instruments obtain data, how the data are convened into geophysical parameters and what the meaning and limitations of those parameters are.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA315731

Entities

People

  • F. J. Rich

Organizations

  • Phillips Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Charge Carriers
  • Computer Programs
  • Detectors
  • Electric Power
  • Electron Density
  • Environment
  • Grids
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Metamaterial Absorbers
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Solar Panels
  • Space Environments
  • Spacecraft
  • Telemetry Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space