Accession Number:

AD0423927

Title:

PHENOMENA IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. COMPILATION OF ABSTRACTS FROM SOVIET LITERATURE

Descriptive Note:

Monthly Rept. no. 38, June-July 1963.

Corporate Author:

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC AEROSPACE INFORMATION DIV

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1963-10-24

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

A report of a series reviewing Soviet developments in selected problems in astrophysics and geophysics. It is based on materials received at the Aerospace Information Division in June and July 1963. Topics covered in this series are as follows Ionospheric electron concentrations, Solar radiation and the ionosphere, Van Allen belts and cosmic rays, Telluric currents, Atmospheric electricity, Nuclear bursts in the atmosphere, Satellite and missile data, Arctic and Antarctic communications, Meteorology of the upper atmosphere, Materials in this report deal with topics II, III, VII, and IX.

Descriptors:

• *SOLAR RADIATION
• *UPPER ATMOSPHERE
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
• ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• METEOROLOGY
• AURORAE
• SOLAR CORONA
• SUNSPOTS
• IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES
• COSMIC RAYS
• VAN ALLEN RADIATION BELT
• SOLAR ECLIPSES
• GEOMAGNETISM
• IONOSPHERE

Subject Categories:

• Astrophysics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE