Design, Construction and Testing of Instrumentation for the Investigation of the Electrical Structure of the Upper Atmosphere

摘要

To further understand the physics of the upperatmosphere, research program work has been carried out on the design, construction and testing of rocket and satellite instrumentation for the investigation of the electrical structure of the upper atmosphere. A description is given of a spherical sensor, and support instrumentation used on rockets and satellites to measure the positive and negative charged-particle densities. A description, in addition to typical results, is also given of some of the data-reduction procedures. (Author)