Behavior of high-latitude irregularities during geomagnetic disturbances. Environmental research papers

Technical Report · Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5817053

Houminer, Z; Aarons, J

Scintillation observations of VHF and UHF transmissions from geostationary satellites at Goose Bay have been used to study the average characteristics of the high latitude irregularity region. The paper describes the average time development and mean diurnal pattern of irregularities during 58 magnetic storms in 1971-1976. The diurnal variation at Goose Bay shows two peaks of scintillation activity. One peak occurs during the afternoon hours, while the second occurs during the night. The average diurnal pattern is independent of type of storm. diurnal and seasonal effects appear only in the first day of storm commencement and not in the following days which show a very similar diurnal picture. (Author)

• Research Organization: Air Force Geophysics Lab., Hanscom AFB, MA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5817053
• Report Number(s): AD-A-094120
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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