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dc.contributor.authorVann, Joshua M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-11T19:56:11Z
dc.date.available2019-06-11T19:56:11Z
dc.date.issued2018-12
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/10406
dc.descriptionMaster's Project (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2018en_US
dc.description.abstractThere is insufficient knowledge of scale length parameters associated with ionospheric plasma structures. Using a novel technique combining rocket-based instrument data with ground-based optical and instrumental data measurements, ISINGLASS attempts to determine the spatial scale lengths over which parameter differences in auroral arcs present in the upper ionosphere. Determination of such scale lengths has the propensity to strengthen preexisting models of magnetosphere-ionosphere interactions. While analysis is not complete and the extent of such scale lengths is still unknown, after completion of the experiment phase of the mission, differences in measurements have been found that cannot be accounted for through experimental error. This shows the existence of a critical scale length within the distances measured, and the techniques used present a reliable method with which to launch a future campaign.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis project would not be possible without the ISINGLASS NASA grant: NNX14AH07G.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectAurorasen_US
dc.subjectAuroral electronsen_US
dc.subjectAtmospheric physicsen_US
dc.subjectMagnetospheric physicsen_US
dc.subjectIonosphereen_US
dc.titleStudying auroral microphysics using multiple optically tracked rocket sub-payloadsen_US
dc.typeMaster's Projecten_US
dc.type.degreems
dc.identifier.departmentDepartment of Physics
dc.contributor.chairConde, Mark
dc.contributor.committeeDelamere, Peter
dc.contributor.committeeHampton, Donald
refterms.dateFOA2020-03-06T03:00:14Z


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