Observing and modelling f-region ionospheric dynamics using the (OII) 7320a emission. Doctoral thesis
Limb-scan observations of Doppler line profiles from the (OII) lambda 7320A emission at F-Region altitudes, made with the Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) on the Dynamics Explorer-2 (DE-2) spacecraft, have been analyzed to provide measurements of the meridional component of the ion convection velocity along the instrument line-of-sight. The DE-2 results presented here demonstrate the first spaceborne use of the remote-sensing Doppler techniques for measurements of ionospheric convection. The FPI meridional ion drift measurements have been compared with nearly simultaneous in situ ion drift measurements from the Retarding Potential Analyzer (RPA) on DE 2. Once allowance is made for the temporal lag between the in situ and remote measurements, the results from the two techniques are found to be in good agreement, within specified experimental errors, giving confidence in the FPI measurements.
- Research Organization:
- Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 6306174
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-265407/7/XAB; AFIT/CI/CIA-92-031D
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Doctoral thesis
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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GENERAL PHYSICS
F REGION
REMOTE SENSING
IONOSPHERE
ION DRIFT
CONVECTION
DATA COVARIANCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER
SATELLITES
DATA
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ENERGY TRANSFER
HEAT TRANSFER
INFORMATION
INTERFEROMETERS
MASS TRANSFER
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NUMERICAL DATA
PLANETARY IONOSPHERES
661320* - Auroral
Ionospheric
& Magnetospheric Phenomena- (1992-)