Accession Number:

AD0601890

Title:

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

Descriptive Note:

Rept. no. 47 reviewing Soviet Developments in Selected Problems in Astrophysics and Geophysics.

Corporate Author:

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON D C AEROSPACE INFORMATION DIV

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Report Date:

1964-06-25

Pagination or Media Count:

37.0

Abstract:

Reports reviewing Soviet developments in selected problems in astrophysics and geophysics are presented. Topics covered 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, and, meteorology of the upper atmosphere.

Descriptors:

• UPPER ATMOSPHERE
• IONOSPHERE
• ELECTRON DENSITY
• SOLAR RADIATION
• VAN ALLEN RADIATION BELT
• COSMIC RAYS
• ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY
• SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES
• METEOROLOGY
• ASTROPHYSICS
• GEOPHYSICS

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE