ROCKET MEASUREMENTS OF THE ELECTRON DENSITY IN THE IONOSPHERE

Abstract
A large number of rocket launches have been conducted to measure electron density in the ionosphere. Although each single measurement has its own interesting features, more can be learned by comparing them to one another. This procedure is usually difficult because they are scattered through the literature and generally plotted on incompatible scales. This report presents a group of 35 such measurements which are taken from the literature and transferred to a standardized graphical format that permits direct comparisons between data. The curves are grouped according to the gross experimental conditions at the time of the rocket flight, that is, day or night, summer or winter, active or quiet sun.

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