Accession Number:

AD0857523

Title:

Energy Dependence of High Latitude Electron Cutoffs

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Davie, Jr, Robert N.

Report Date:

1969-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

83.0

Abstract:

High latitude electron cutoffs are determined from electron flux data collected by the magnetic spectrometer aboard the polar orbiting OV3-3 satellite 1966-70A. The cutoffs are examined as a function of nine energies from 300 keV to 2.3 MeV and are found to be a function of energy for all local times and to exhibit an energy dependent diurnal variation. This phenomenon is explained with the use of the models of Taylor and Hones and of Williams and Mead.

Descriptors:

• *VAN ALLEN RADIATION BELT
• ELECTRONS
• DIURNAL VARIATIONS
• SOLAR WIND
• SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES
• THESES
• MAGNETOSPHERE

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE