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Title: Observing and modelling f-region ionospheric dynamics using the (OII) 7320a emission. Doctoral thesis

Abstract

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.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6306174
Report Number(s):
AD-A-265407/7/XAB; AFIT/CI/CIA-92-031D
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Doctoral thesis
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, 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-)

Citation Formats

Carr, S S. Observing and modelling f-region ionospheric dynamics using the (OII) 7320a emission. Doctoral thesis. United States: N. p., 1992. Web.
Carr, S S. Observing and modelling f-region ionospheric dynamics using the (OII) 7320a emission. Doctoral thesis. United States.
Carr, S S. 1992. "Observing and modelling f-region ionospheric dynamics using the (OII) 7320a emission. Doctoral thesis". United States.
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abstractNote = {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.},
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year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992},
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