ATS-6 radio beacon electron content measurements at Ootacamund, India, October 1975-July 1976

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6918131

Bouwer, S D; Davies, K; Donnelly, R F; Grubb, R N; Jones, J E

An atlas of total slant-path columnar electron content data measured between the ATS-6 satellite and Ootacamund, India, a site near the magnetic Equator is presented. Although these measurements were taken during a solar minimum, the general level of flare and geomagnetic activity that occurred during the observation period is summarized. These total content (N(T)) data were derived from the modulation phase (group delay) of a carrier signal transmitted from the geostationary satellite's Radio Beacon Experiment. This atlas contains two data sets: (1) N(T) as 2-min subsamples digitally recorded between 2 October 1975 and 28 January 1976 corrected for ATS-6 pitch maneuvers and (2) N(T) as 15-min subsamples chart recorded between 21 October 1975 and 22 July 1976 but uncorrected for changes in satellite orientation.

• Research Organization: World Data Center A for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Boulder, CO (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6918131
• Report Number(s): PB-80-194277
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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