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2. Rocket Measurements
Author(s) -
Smith L. G.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1002/rds196612244
Subject(s) - rocket (weapon) , daytime , meteorology , middle latitudes , atmospheric sciences , twilight , electron density , environmental science , ionosphere , physics , aerospace engineering , electron , geophysics , astronomy , engineering , quantum mechanics
A considerable amount of data on the electron density profile of E s layers has been accumulated starting with Seddon's experiments using his CW propagation technique. More recent data have been presented at this conference. The motivation for recent observations has resulted from the wind‐shear theory. It should be pointed out that the determination of winds by the vapor‐trail technique is at present limited to night and twilight observations. Now, E s in midlatitudes, where most of these observations are being taken, is primarily a daytime phenomenon, and the basic statistical information on E s has been derived from ground‐based radio techniques. Thus the rocket data is unfortunately biased by the nighttime observations.