Ionospheric Profiles from Ultraviolet Remote Sensing

Abstract

The long-term goal of this project is to obtain ionospheric profiles from ultraviolet remote sensing of the ionosphere from orbiting space platforms. Remote sensing of the nighttime ionosphere is a relatively straightforward process due to the absence of the complications brought about by daytime solar radiation. Further, during the nighttime hours, the O(+)-H(+) transition level in both the mid- and low-latitude ionospheres lies around 750 km, which is within the range of accuracy of the path matrix inversion. The intensity of the O(+)-e(-) recombination radiation as observed from orbiting space platforms can now be used to reconstruct the nighttime ionospheric profile including the O(+)-H(+) transition height.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA572521

Entities

People

  • Arjun Tan

Organizations

  • Alabama A & M College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Chemical Equilibrium
  • Data Analysis
  • Electron Density
  • Electronic Mail
  • Electrons
  • Indian Ocean
  • Information Operations
  • Ionosphere
  • Latitude
  • Military Research
  • Platforms
  • Radiation
  • Recombination Reactions
  • Remote Sensing
  • Solar Radiation
  • Transitions

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space