Rocket measurements of the geomagnetic field above Woomera, south Australia

摘要: Two British Skylark research rockets, each carrying a proton magnetometer, were flown from the Woomera Rocket Range, South Australia, in March 1964. The first flight merely recorded an approximately inverse cube law variation of magnetic field with height, but on second discontinuity, 24 γ amplitude, was recorded. These results are consistent ground observations at times two flights, and they establish experimentally existence electric current system E region ionosphere over Australia. height vertical thickness are, however, not close agreement theoretical predictions.