Correlated observations of auroral arcs, electrons, and x-rays from a DMSP satellite. Interim report

Technical Report · Fri Sep 28 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:5564929

Mizera, P F; Luhmann, J G; Kolasinski, W A; Blake, J B

The first simultaneous observations, made from a single DMSP satellite, of visible auroral arcs, precipitating primary electrons, and atmospheric bremsstrahlung x-rays are presented for a moderately disturbed auroral event. Measured electron fluxes were used to compute absolute x-ray distributions expected at the satellite altitude. The agreement between the calculated and measured x-ray spectra is sufficiently good to suggest that global auroral energy input can be monitored by an orbiting x-ray spectrometer.

• Research Organization: Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA (USA). Space Sciences Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5564929
• Report Number(s): AD-A-075207
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
AURORAE
BREMSSTRAHLUNG
CHARGED-PARTICLE PRECIPITATION
CORRELATIONS
COSMIC ELECTRONS
COSMIC RADIATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON PRECIPITATION
ELECTRON SPECTRA
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ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
LEPTONS
MONITORING
RADIATION FLUX
RADIATIONS
SATELLITES
SPECTRA
SPECTROSCOPY
SYNCHRONIZATION
X RADIATION
X-RAY SPECTRA
X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY