Space Research: Proceedings of the Open Meetings of the Working Groups on Physical Sciences of the Twenty-Second Plenary Meeting of COSPAR Bangalore, India 29 May – 9 June 1979

Content: 
Inside Front Cover
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Pages xi-xii
Michael J. Rycroft

Address of Welcome
Pages xiii-xiv
Yash Pal

Preliminary Satellite Radiation Climatology for the Monex Region
Pages 3-9
P. Krishna Rao

Some Results of Measurements of Atmospheric Submillimetre Radiation from “Saljut-6”
Pages 11-13
V.N. Bakun, G.M. Grechko, A.S. Ivanchenkov, V.V. Kovalenok, E.P. Kropotkina, Yu.V. Romanenko, A.E. Salamonovich, S.V. Solomonov

Microwave Radiometric Determination of Oceanographic and Meteorological Parameters
Pages 15-20
T.T. Wilheit

Y1 - Approximation: Application to Remote Sensing by Satellites
Pages 21-24
K. Varmaa

Standards for the Tropical Indian Atmosphere
Pages 25-28
N.R. Ananthasayanam, R. Narasimha

Fluctuations in the Zonal Tropical Cloud Cover from Satellite Brightness Data
Pages 29-32
C.S. Zcrefos, C.C. Repapis

Anomalous Variations of Radiative Heating/Cooling in the Tropical Stratosphere
Pages 33-39
A. Ghazi

An Empirical Temperature Model of the Middle Atmosphere of the Southern Hemisphere
Pages 41-47
Yu. Koshelkov

The Role of Aerosols in Relation to Stratospheric Modelling
Pages 49-54
P. Chakrabarty, D.K. Chakrabarty

Energetic Characteristics of Winter Stratospheric Warmings
Pages 55-59
I.V. Bugaeva, G.R. Zakharov, N.S. Dudareva, L.A. Ryazanova, D.A. Tarasenko

Oscillations in the Zonal and Meridional Winds in the Troposphere, Stratosphere and Mesosphere Over Thumba
Pages 61-64
M.N. Sasi

New Data on the Structure and Circulation of the Stratosphere and Mesosphere
Pages 65-68
S.S. Gaigerov, M.Ya Kalikhman, V.G. Kidiyarova, D.A. Tarasenko, V.V. Fedorov, L.V. Csherbakova

Measurement of Thermodynamic and Dynamic Atmospheric Parameters Over Volgograd in August 1976
Pages 69-73
L.A. Andreeva, I.N. Ivanova, L.A. Katasev, G.A. Kokin, O.F. Klyuev, Yu.N. Rybin, K.E. Speransky, A.A. Khananjan

Low Latitude Mesospheric Molecular Oxygen Profiles from Lyman-Alpha Absorption Measurements from Thumba
Pages 75-78
B.H. Subbaraya, Shyam Lai, Satya Prakash

Mesospheric Density Variability
Pages 79-82
C.R. Philbrick, E.A. Murphy, S.P. Zimmerman, E.T. Fletcher Jr., R.O. Olsen

Variation of the Turbopause Level in Equatorial Regions
Pages 83-88
A.D. Danilov, U.A. Kalgin, A.A. Pokhunkov

Empirical Model of Lower Thermospheric Density for Low Solar Flux and Quiet Geomagnetic Conditions
Pages 89-95
F.A. Marcos, K.S.W. Champion

Principles of a Global Wind-Turbulence Model of the Seasonal-Latitudinal Variation of the Thermosphere as Deduced from Satellite Data
Pages 97-100
P.W. Blum, K.G.H. Schuchardt

A Global Wind-Turbulence Model Deduced from Satellite Data Discussion of Results
Pages 101-104
K.G.H. Schuchardt, P.W. Blum

Two-Dimensional Model of Seasonal Variations of the Thermosphere (90-430 km Altitude)
Pages 105-109
G.V. Gridchin, E.A. Jadin, V.I. Lujin, L.A. Cherepanova

Three-Dimensional Model of Thermospheric Pressure, Temperature, Winds and Electric Fields
Pages 111-114
M.L. Glushakov, V.N. Dulkin, A.I. Ivanovski

The Latitudinal and Seasonal Variation of Atomic Oxygen Deduced from Observations of the E-Region OI 557.7 nm Airglow
Pages 115-120
L.L. Cogger, J.S. Murphree

Post Sunset Measurement of Ions and Electrons in the Altitude Range of 80160 km Over the Geomagnetic Equator
Pages 123-126
Y.V. Somayajulu, A. Baneijee, S. Sampath, K. Serafimov, Ts. Dachev, S. Chapkunov

In Situ Measurements of Equatorial E Region Plasma Parameters During Spread F Conditions
Pages 127-130
S.P. Gupta

D-Region Nitric Oxide Density Enhancement on Winter Anomalous Days
Pages 131-136
B.S.N. Prasad, S. Mohanty

A Study of the Cleft Region Using Synoptic Ionospheric Plasma Data Obtained by the Polar Orbiting Satellites Aeros-B and ISIS-2
Pages 137-144
R. Kist, D. Klumpar

Electron Density Measurements in the Lower Ionosphere from “Volgograd” Station in July-August 1976
Pages 145-148
A.A. Yastrebov, Yu.A. Ryabov, L.V. Shibaeva, S.G. Yakovlev

Rocket Measurements of Energetic Particles in the Midlatitude Precipitation Zone
Pages 149-152
H.D. Voss, L.G. Smith, F.M. Braswell

The Effect of Magnetospheric Processes on the Ionosphere During the Magnetic Storm of 1 December 1977 Based on Cosmos-900 Data
Pages 153-156
V.V. Afonin, G.L. Gdalevich, V.D. Ozerov, Ja. Smilauer, E.N. Sosnovets, A.V. Dronov, M.L. Panasyuk, L.V. Tverskaya, V.I. Tulupov, O.V. Khorosheva

Precipitation of Energetic Electrons Into the Mid-Latitude Ionosphere After Geomagnetic Storms
Pages 157-162
A. Grafe, E.-A. Lauter, B. Nikutowski, C.-U. Wagner

Analysis of a High Latitude Electron Density Structure
Pages 163-166
E. Neske

Reflection of Probing Beams by an Electric Double Layer
Pages 167-170
N. Singh

The Distribution of Singly Ionized Ionospheric Helium from 304 å Backscatter Observations
Pages 171-174
S. Chakrabarti, F. Paresce, S. Bowyer

Comets and Cometary Missions*
Pages 177-188
D.A. Mendis

Infrared Reflection Spectra of the Moon and Lunar Soil
Pages 189-192
M.N. Markov, V.S. Petrov, M.V. Akhmanova, B.V. Dementjev

Radio-Images of Unexplored Regions of Venus from Bistatic Experiments
Pages 193-196
A.G. Pavelyev, M.A. Kolosov, A.I. Kucherjavenkov, O.E. Milechin

The Geochemical Model of the Troposphere and Lithosphere of Venus Based on New Data
Pages 197-207
V.L. Barsukov, I.L. Khodakovsky, V.P. Volkov, K.P. Florensky

Venera 11 and 12 Lander Results on the Venus Day-Sky Spectrum
Pages 209-214
V.I. Moroz, B.E. Moshltin, A.P. Ekonomov, N.F. San\'ko, N.A. Parfent\'ev, Yu.M. Golovin

Mass Spectrometer Measurements of the Composition of the Lower Atmosphere of Venus
Pages 215-218
V.G. Istomin, K.V. Grechnev, V.A. Kotchnev

Gas Chromatograph Analysis of the Chemical Composition of the Venus Atmosphere
Pages 219-221
B.G. Gelman, V.G. Zolotukhin, L.M. Mukhin, N.I. Lamonov, B.V. Levchuk, D.F. Nenarokov, B.P. Okhotnikov, V.A. Kotin, A.N. Lipatov

Electrical Discharges in the Venusian Atmosphere
Pages 223-226
L.V. Ksanfomaliti, N.M. Vasilchikov, O.F. Canpantzerova, E.V. Petrova, A.P. Suvorov, G.F. Filippov, O.V. Yablonskaya, L.V. Yabrova

Infrared Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere of Venus from the Pioneer 12 Orbiter
Pages 227-230
J.T. Houghton, J. Delderfield, J.T. Schofield, S.P. Bradley, F.W. Taylor, D.J. McCleese, L.S. Elson, J.V. Martonchik, D.J. Diner

The Formation of the Daytime Venusian Ionosphere: The Results of Dual-Frequency Occultation Experiments
Pages 231-235
A.L. Gavrik, G.S. Ivanov-Kholodny, A.V. Mihailov, N.A. Savich, L.N. Samoznaev

The Contribution of OSO-8 to Solar Physics from Data Analyzed as of May 1979
Pages 239-253
R.M. Bonnet

Initial Results from A 3 to 25 å Solar X-Ray Spectrometer/ Spectroheliograph Experiment
Pages 255-258
P.B. Landecker, D.L. McKenzie, H.R. Rugge

Energy Spectra and Charge States of Low Energy Cosmic Rays in the Skylab Experiment
Pages 259-262
N. Durgaprasad, V.S. Venkatavaradan, S. Sarkar, S. Biswas

Cosmic Ray Effects in Solar System Objects
Pages 263-266
N. Bhandari, M.N. Rao

Ion States of Low Energy Cosmic Rays: The Indian Experiment on the First Space Shuttle-Spacelab Mission
Pages 267-270
S. Biswas

Infrared Astronomical Research in India
Pages 271-275
P.V. Kulkarni

Review of the Cospar/IAU/IUPAC Symposium on Non Solar Gamma Rays (>30 MeV)
Pages 277-282
G.F. Bignami

Author Index
Pages 283-285