Instrumentation development for LASSII equatorial measurements /
Edmund Trzcinski.

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Corporate Author

Trzcinski, Edmund

Related Names

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, 1980.

Subjects

Mass spectrometry.
Ionosphere.
Data reduction.
Atmospheric physics.
Ionosphere.
Data reduction.
Atmospheric physics.
Mass spectrometry.

Summary

A quadrupole ion mass spectrometer capable of measuring ion composition during equatorial ionospheric irregularities with a spatial resolution of 4 m over a range of 1 to 56 AMU is discussed. Instrument sensitivity has been adjusted to cover an ion concentration range of 10 ions/cc to million ions/cc. A separate measurement of ion density and its fluctuations is also made. The instrument was developed to fly on a space-shuttle-launched LASSII satellite. (Author).

Note

Research supported by the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts.
Aeronomy Division Project 2310.
ADA088880 (from http://www.dtic.mil).
"23 April 1980."

Physical Description

18 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

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