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Rocket And Radar Investigation Of Background Electrodynamics And Bottom-Type Scattering Layers At The Onset Of Equatorial Spread F, D. L. Hysell, M. F. Larsen, C. M. Swenson, Aroh Barjatya, Et. Al

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Sounding rocket experiments were conducted during the NASA EQUIS II campaign on Kwajalein Atoll designed to elucidate the electrodynamics and layer structure of the postsunset equatorial F region ionosphere prior to the onset of equatorial spread F (ESF). Experiments took place on 7 and 15 August 2004, each comprised of the launch of an instrumented and two chemical release sounding rockets. The instrumented rockets measured plasma number density, vector electric fields, and other parameters to an apogee of about 450 km. The chemical release rockets deployed trails of trimethyl aluminum (TMA) which yielded wind profile measurements. The Altair radar was …