Solar terrestrial observatory. Final Report

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6371245

Eight basic solar-terrestrial scientific objectives that benefit from the Shuttle/Platform approach and a program of measurements for each are discussed. The objectives are to understand: (1) solar variability, (2) wave-particle processes, (3) magnetosphere-ionosphere mass transport, (4) the global electric circuit, (5) upper atmospheric dynamics, (6) middle atmospheric chemistry and energetics, (7) lower atmospheric turbidity, and (8) planetary atmospheric waves. A two stage approach to a multidisciplinary payload is developed: an initial STO, that uses a single platform in a low-Earth orbit, and an advanced STO that uses two platforms in differing orbits.

• Research Organization: California Univ., San Diego (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6371245
• Report Number(s): N-8230214; NASA-CR-162059; TRN: 83-007480
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
SOLAR ACTIVITY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
MASS TRANSFER
SOLAR RADIATION
SPACE SHUTTLES
VARIATIONS
AIRCRAFT
RADIATIONS
SPACE VEHICLES
STELLAR RADIATION
VEHICLES
640104* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Solar Phenomena
640107 - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Planetary Phenomena