Published July 1, 1976 | Version v1
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Aeronomy report no. 73: analysis of sounding rocket data from Punta Chilca, Peru

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A technique is described for measuring electron concentrations in the lower portion of the ionosphere above Punta Chilca. A radio-propagation experiment for measuring Faraday rotation is combined with a dc/Langmuir probe experiment for measuring electron current. The results obtained from the analysis of radio and probe data from Nike Apache 14.532, which was launched at 20:26 UT on May 28, 1975, at a solar zenith angle of 60 deg are presented. A comparison of the profiles of electron concentration indicates that the value of the maximum ionization in the D region under quiet conditions is proportional to the square of the cosine of the solar zenith angle

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS., PC A04/MF A01.

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Imprint Pagination
76 p.
Report number
N--77--15566

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
8346774
Subject category
S58: GEOSCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
D REGION; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; LANGMUIR PROBE; PERU; RADIOWAVE RADIATION; WAVE PROPAGATION
Descriptors DEC
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC PROBES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; PROBES; RADIATIONS; SOUTH AMERICA

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Secondary number(s)
NASA-CR--149385; UILU-ENG--76-2504.