A case study of S3-2 observations in the late evening auroral oval /
W. J. Burke, D. A. Hardy, F. J. Rich, M. C. Kelley, M. Smiddy, B. Shuman, R. C. Sagalyn, R. P. Vancour, P. J. L. Wildman, S. T. Lai, J. Bass.

Description

Main Author

Burke, William J. (Space scientist)

Related Names

Bass, J.
Lai, S.-T. F.
Wildman, J. L.
Vancour, R. P.
Sagalyn, R. C.
Shuman, B.
Smiddy, Michael
Kelley, M. C.
Rich, F. J.
Hardy, D. A. (David A.), 1950-
U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory.

Language(s)

English

Published

Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts : Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1979.

Subjects

Meteorological instruments.
Satellite meteorology.
Auroras > Auroras / Measurement.

Summary

Instrumentation aboard the polar-orbiting Air Force satellite S3-2, as well as the methods by which the measurements are reduced to geophysically significant quantities, are described in great detail. The quality of the high-time resolution data is illustrated using measurements of an auroral zone overpass in the late evening sector when simultaneous DMSP imagery was also available. The validity of the data reduction processes is corroborated by a detailed comparison of simultaneous measurements of the entire complement of scientific experiments on the satellite.

Note

Research supported by the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts.
Space Physics Division Project 2311.
ADA072996 (from http://www.dtic.mil).
"8 January 1979."

Physical Description

41 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

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