Mathematics
Scientific paper
Aug 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995adspr..16..131h&link_type=abstract
Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177), vol. 16, no. 5, p. (5)131-(5)140
Mathematics
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Atmospheric Electricity, Earth Ionosphere, Electric Fields, Electrical Resistivity, Electrodynamics, Southern Hemisphere, Stratosphere, Superpressure Balloons, Atmospheric Models, Balloon-Borne Instruments, Coupling, Electrical Measurement, Mathematical Models, Polar Caps, Thunderstorms, Time Series Analysis
Scientific paper
Electric field and conductivity measurements in the stratosphere between November 1992 and March 1993 have been made using superpressure balloons in the southern hemisphere. Over 400 payload-days of data have been made during a record setting experiment called ELBBO (Extended Life Balloon Borne Observatories). This experiment resulted in 4 flights aloft simultaneously for over 2 months including one flight which lasted over 4 months. Electrodynamical coupling between the atmosphere and ionosphere is studied using the measured electric fields, and a simple empirical model of the stratospheric conductivity. Altitude profiles of conductivity have been obtained from several superpressure balloon flights using the large end-of-flight altitude swings on the last few days of each flight (as the balloon begins to loose superpressure). Coupling between the fields and atmospheric inertial waves has been observed. Effects and dynamics of the global circuit suggest that standard models are missing significant phenomena. Large scale ionospheric convection activity has been studied from the polar cap to the middle latitudes. Cusp latitude fields have been continuously measured for many days in a row.
Holzworth Robert H.
Hu Hai-Hong
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