Space Research

ContentsForewordPrefaceHighlights of Recent Space Research A Review of Space Research, 1976 - 1977 Remote Sensing of the Earth's Environment Surface The Depression of Remotely-Sensed Surface Temperatures by a Dust-Laden Tropical Atmosphere Interet de la Teledetection de la Couleur de l!Eau de Mer Pour l'Etude des Suspensions Marines Forest Fire Fuel Mapping from LANDSAT Atmosphere Antarctic Ice Topography and 150 mb Circulation from the Nimbus-6 Twer le Experiment The Impact of Satellite Observed Temperature Profiles on Numerical Forecasts of the Israel Meteorological Service Temperature Distribution from Radiosonde and Satellite Measurements Comparison of the High-Resolution Infra-Red Sounder Temperature Information with Radiosonde/Rocketsonde Data Relative Atmosphere Aerosol Content f rom ERTS Observations The Sensitivity Requirements for the Determination of Desert Aerosols from Space Influence of the Atmosphere on the Contrast of the Landsat Images Satellite Geodesy Co-operation in Satellite Geodesy in the Frame of the Intercosmos Programme Photographic Tracking of Geostationary Satellites for Geodetic Purposes GEOS-3 Altimetry Reductions in the Australia - New Zealand Region Ocean Geodesy Based on GEOS-3 Satellite Altimetry Data Atmospheric Response to Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Solar Variability and the Low and Middle Atmosphere The Kinetic Energy Index and the Sun-Weather Question The Effect of UV Variability on Stratospheric Thermal Structure and Trace Constituents 95 Estimates of the Stratospheric Temperature Variation in Response to Changes of the Flux of Solar UV Radiation Calibration of Instruments to Study Solar Radiation Status of VUV Radiometric Calibration of Space Experiments Stratospheric Observations The Major Midwinter Warming 1976/77; Discussion of the Main Circulation Features Electrical Conductivity Measurements in the Stratosphere Using Balloon and Parachute-Borne Blunt Probes Winter Anomaly Studies from Arenosillo Results of Conductivity, Ion Mobility and Ion Concentration Measurements Taken with a Parachute Gerdien Condenser Experiment During the Winter Anomaly Campaign Temperature and Ozone Profiles Comparison Large Scale Dynamics Observed During the Western Europe Winter Anomaly Campaign 1975/76 from Wind, Temperature and Absorption Observations D-Region Positive Ion Composition Measurements and the Winter Anomaly in Ionospheric Absorption Composition of the Mid-Latitude Winter Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Winter Anomaly Studies from Wallops Island Middle Atmosphere Ion Measurements During January 1976 Atmospheric Thermal Structure During a Winter Anomaly Absorption Event Mesospheric Dynamics Measured During the 1976 "Winter Anomaly" Campaign D-Region Ion Composition During the Winter Anomaly Campaign on January 8, 1977 Local Time Variations On the Local Time Variation of Atmospheric-Ionospheric Disturbances Satellite-Borne Accelerometer Results Radiation Pressure Determination with the Cactus Accelerometer First Analysis of 9 Months Data Obtained with the Low-G Accelerometer Cactus Lower Thermosphère Response to Geomagnetic Activity The Thermosphere Recent Observations of Neutral Species Spectrometric Measurement of the Atomic Oxygen 63µ Line Intensities 80 km and 180 km On the Additional Lyman-á Absorber in the Winter Thermosphere Observations of the Daytime Helium Geocorona with a Rocket-Borne Helium Resonance Cell Thermospheric Models The Role of Eddy Turbulence for Long Period Variations of Upper Atmospheric Density Global Thermospheric Models of