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Future monitoring of charged particle energy deposition into the upper atmosphere and comments on possible relationships between atmospheric phenomena and solar and/or geomagnetic activityMonitoring of earth's atmosphere was conducted for several years utilizing the ITOS series of low-altitude, polar-orbiting weather satellites. A space environment monitoring package was included in these satellites to perform measurements of a portion of earth's charged particle environment. The charged particle observations proposed for the low-altitude weather satellite TIROS N, are described which will provide the capability of routine monitoring of the instantaneous total energy deposition into the upper atmosphere by the precipitation of charged particles from higher altitudes. Such observations may be of use in future studies of the relationships between geomagnetic activity and atmospheric weather pattern developments. Estimates are given to assess the potential importance of this type of energy deposition. Discussion and examples are presented illustrating the importance of distinguishing between solar and geomagnetic activity as possible causative sources. Such differentiation is necessary because of the widely different spatial and time scales involved in the atmospheric energy input resulting from these various sources of activity.
Document ID
19760007456
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Williams, D. J.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Washington, DC, United States)
Grubb, R. N.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Washington, DC, United States)
Evans, D. S.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Washington, DC, United States)
Sauer, H. H.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Washington, DC, United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1975
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center Possible Relationships between Solar Activity and Meteorol. Phenomena
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
76N14544
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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