• DocumentCode
    831746
  • Title

    Air Chemistry and Boundary Layer Studies with AURORA

  • Author

    Crevier, W.F. ; Longmire, C.L. ; Merkel, G. ; Spohn, D.J.

  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1977
  • Firstpage
    2406
  • Lastpage
    2410
  • Abstract
    An experimental technique for measuring air conductivity using AURORA is described. Experimental results for dry air and N2 are presented and compared with theory. A simple theory of the boundary layer that forms at the negative plate of the instrument is developed. The results for dry air and N2 appear to agree well with the theory, although there is some uncertainty in the absolute calibration of the data. A refined version of the experiment will eliminate most of the uncertainties in the calibration of the early results and will also be used to obtain wet air data.
  • Keywords
    Calibration; Chemistry; Conductivity measurement; Current density; EMP radiation effects; Electron mobility; Equations; Instruments; Production; Uncertainty;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1977.4329227
  • Filename
    4329227