Accession Number:

AD0694365

Title:

COMPARISON OF COLUMNAR IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON CONTENT OBTAINED FROM SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENTS OF FARADAY ROTATION AND DOPPLER SHIFT.

Descriptive Note:

Research and development technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

ARMY ELECTRONICS COMMAND FORT MONMOUTH N J

Personal Author(s):

• Arendt,P. R.

Report Date:

1969-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

34.0

Abstract:

A comparison of columnar content values calculated from Doppler slope and polarization data is given. Measurements were obtained simultaneously from radio beacon signals transmitted by the S-66 BEC satellite at 40, 41, and 360 MHz. The error of the Doppler method is 5 the error of the polarization method is 3. The ratio of the columnar content values varies between 0.75 and 1.22 larger deviations are related to horizontal gradients which affect mainly the precision of the Doppler data evaluation. Author

Descriptors:

• (*IONOSPHERE
• ELECTRON DENSITY)
• DOPPLER EFFECT
• MAGNETOOPTICS
• POLARIZATION
• RADIO TRANSMISSION
• SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE