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Direct measurements of electron density, temperature and ion composition in an equatorial spread-f ionosphere. Memorandum report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5470627
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Ionospheric plasma irregularities have been studied on each of two rockets launched into significantly different conditions of equatorial spread-F. In the first operation (into a spread-F decay phase) a number of major depletions were distributed throughout the F-region from its bottomside gradient centered near 260 kilometers, through the F-peak, to a topside altitude of 500 kilometers. In a second operation (launched into a mid-phase development of spread-F) irregularities were observed only on the bottomside gradient, with no depletions in or above the F-peak.
Research Organization:
Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI ID:
5470627
Report Number(s):
AD-A-097875/9; NRL-MR-4445
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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640201* -- Atmospheric Physics-- Auroral
Ionospheric
& Magetospheric Phenomena
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMISTRY
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELECTRON DENSITY
ELECTRON TEMPERATURE
F REGION
IONOSPHERE
IONS
PLANETARY IONOSPHERES
SATELLITES
SPREAD F