Plasma density, temperature and turbulence in the wake of the Shuttle Orbiter

Details Plasma density, temperature and turbulence in the wake of the Shuttle Orbiter Plasma density, temperature and turbulence in the wake of the Shuttle Orbiter

Aug 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989p%26ss...37.1001t&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 37, Aug. 1989, p. 1001-1010.

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Ionospheric Electron Density, Plasma Diagnostics, Plasma Interactions, Plasma Temperature, Plasma Turbulence, Space Shuttle Orbiters, Earth Orbital Environments, Electron Density Profiles, Near Wakes, Plasma Density

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In situ observations of the plasma density, temperature, and turbulence in the near wake, midwake, and far wake of the Shuttle Orbiter are presented. The results show that the plasma disturbances produced by the passage of the Orbiter extend downstream for a distance of several hundred meters behind the Orbiter. It is found that the electron density profile exhibits nonmonotonic behavior, and that most of the 6-40-Hz turbulence in the wake is confined to a region about 20 m downstream of the Orbiter. The saturation Delta N(e)/N(e) spectra rapidly decline in the 10,000-100,000-Hz decade, both in the ambient ionosphere and in the wake.

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