An ionospheric total electron content disturbance associated with the launch of NASA's Skylab /

By monitoring the amount of Faraday rotation a plane polarized satellite signal experiences in traversing the ionosphere, it is possible to measure the total number of electrons in a column of unit cross section through the Earth's ionosphere. Report discusses: Ground-based total electron count observations and the Skylab launch; electron loss mechanisms in the F-region; diffusion of the Saturn V S-II plume in the ionosphere; ionosonde observations; and estimates of photochemical and aeronomic processes capable of depleting the expanding plume."Ionospheric Physics Laboratory Project 4643."ADA000018 (from http://www.dtic.mil)."29 July 1974."Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-40).By monitoring the amount of Faraday rotation a plane polarized satellite signal experiences in traversing the ionosphere, it is possible to measure the total number of electrons in a column of unit cross section through the Earth's ionosphere. Report discusses: Ground-based total electron count observations and the Skylab launch; electron loss mechanisms in the F-region; diffusion of the Saturn V S-II plume in the ionosphere; ionosonde observations; and estimates of photochemical and aeronomic processes capable of depleting the expanding plume.Mode of access: Internet