Determination of an atmospheric state
AssigneeDeutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
InventorsNorbert Jakowski, Erik Borg, Stanimir Stankov, Dietmar Klahn
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Abstract
A method for characterizing a state of a planetary atmosphere or of a part of the atmosphere, especially of the ionosphere of the earth includes determining values of an ionization state, especially of an electron density and/or of an electron content, in the atmosphere or in the part of the atmosphere as a function of a location variable and as a function of a time variable and determining at least one characteristic quantity for the atmosphere or the part of the atmosphere. The characteristic quantity is determined on the basis of the values of the ionization state found for the atmosphere or the part of the atmosphere.
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A method for characterizing a state of one of a planetary atmosphere and a part of the planetary atmosphere, comprising the steps of:
- determining a value of an ionization state in the one of a planetary atmosphere and a part of the planetary atmosphere as a function of a location variable and as a function of a time variable;
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- determining a characteristic quantity for the one of a planetary atmosphere and a part of the planetary atmosphere from the determined value of an ionization state.
An arrangement for characterizing a state of one of a planetary atmosphere or a part of the planetary atmosphere, comprising:
- a device for determining a value of an ionization state in the one of a planetary atmosphere or a part of the planetary atmosphere as a function of a location variable and as a function of a time variable;
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- a device for determining a characteristic quantity for the one of a planetary atmosphere or a part of the planetary atmosphere from the determined value of an ionization state.
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