D-Region Electron Density Measurements Obtained by Partial Reflection Techniques.

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Abstract:

D-region electron densities are derived utilizing a ground based partial reflection sounder. The sounder frequency is approximately 2 MHz, with right-hand and left-hand polarized pulses transmitted vertically. This report describes the sounder system hardware and the necessary software to derive electron densities from the returned vertical pulses. A complete set of schematics of the electronics, antenna array and operational are included. A total of 604 electron density profiles have been reduced with the sounder located at White Sands Missile Range WSMR and at Red Lake, Canada, as part of the 1979 solar eclipse field program. The WSMR profiles have been summarized into monthly profiles. The electron densities derived from utilizing the partial reflection technique appear to be within the expected ranges for D-region profiles. Author

Author(s):
Mott, D. ; Gammill, W. ; Valdez, R.
Author Organization(s):
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIV LAS CRUCES PHYSICAL SCIENCE LAB
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.,
Pagination:
0127

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Approved For Public Release

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Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
ERADCOM/ASL-CR-80-0008-4
Contract/Grant Number(s):
DAAD07-79-C-0008
Monitor Series:
CR-80-0008-4
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation; JCA_5.3_Planning
Modernization Areas:
Fully Networked C3; Microelectronics
Communities of Interest:
Energy and Power Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*ELECTRON DENSITY, *REFLECTOMETERS, *PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS, *SOUNDING, *D REGION, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, FREQUENCY, ELECTRONICS, MEASUREMENT, MAGNETIC FIELDS, POLARIZATION, REFRACTIVE INDEX, BACKSCATTERING, REFLECTION, PROFILES, PULSES, VERTICAL ORIENTATION, BIREFRINGENCE, GUIDED MISSILE RANGES, ANTENNA ARRAYS, SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS, MEDIUM FREQUENCY
Field(s)/Group(s):
Atmospheric Physics, Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods, Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics
Report Date:
1980 Nov 01