Accession Number:

AD0628893

Title:

EQUATORIAL TRANSMISSION OF GEOMAGNETIC MICROPULSATIONS THROUGH THE IONOSPHERE AND LOWER EXOSPHERE,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Field,E. C.
• Greifinger,C.

Report Date:

1966-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

31.0

Abstract:

Part of a continuing study on the detection of high-altitude nuclear explosions. The Memorandum reports on low-frequency hydromagnetic waves similar to those generated by such explosions, and detectable by ground-current measurements at worldwide locations. Particular attention is given to the response of the ionosphere to such low-frequency hydromagnetic disturbances. The purpose is to separate the effects of the medium from those of the source on the transmitted disturbance. Author

Descriptors:

• *GEOMAGNETISM
• UPPER ATMOSPHERE
• MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
• IONOSPHERE
• EXOSPHERE
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• OSCILLATION
• HIGH ALTITUDE
• NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• DETECTION
• GEOPHYSICS

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics
• Geomagnetism
• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE