Accession Number:

AD0694860

Title:

PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF COMPARISON BETWEEN THOMSON SCATTER AND TOPSIDE SOUNDER MEASUREMENTS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX (FRANCE)

Personal Author(s):

• Taieb,C.

Report Date:

1969-01-15

Pagination or Media Count:

3.0

Abstract:

Ionic compositions are derived by combining Alouette topside electron density profiles with electron and ion temperatures measured by the bistatic Thomson scatter sounder at St. Santin. Data from only four passes in 1967 are available, so that the results are still tentative. Author

Descriptors:

• *ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING
• IONOSPHERE
• CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
• ELECTRON DENSITY
• IONS
• DIURNAL VARIATIONS
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• STATISTICAL DATA
• SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES
• FRANCE

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE