Energy spectra and pitch angle distributions of auroral electrons have been measured in a premidnight multiple arc auroral display by a Javelin rocket containing two identical payloads that separated in flight. The rocket was launched from Fort Churchill, Canada, at 0459 UT on March 2, 1968, and covered an altitude range up to 800 km. The electron energy spectra between 40 eV and 20 keV show a 'continuum' spectrum with a superimposed energetic peak. The center energy of the peak was observed to shift from 10-12 keV over the arcs to 2-3 keV between the arcs. This spectral structure is shown to be similar to the inverted 'V' structure reported by other investigators. The in flight separation of the two payloads allowed investigation of spatial versus temporal effects in the auroral precipitation.
Twin payload observations of incident and backscattered auroral electrons.
1973-05-01
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Rocket observations of low energy auroral electrons
NTRS | 1966
|Rocket Observations of Low Energy Auroral Electrons
NTIS | 1966
|Rocket observations of low energy auroral electrons.
NTRS | 1967
|NTRS | 1969
|NTIS | 1967
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