AOE-5664: Upper Atmosphere and Ionosphere
Description: Fundamental concepts of solar-terrestrial physics; interaction of Earth’s upper atmosphere and space environment with spacecraft; upper atmospheric composition, radiation, photochemistry and energy balance; structure of the upper atmosphere; impacts of transport and dynamics on the upper atmosphere; ionospheric composition, production and loss and its relation to Chapman theory; ionospheric structure; impacts of ionospheric electrodynamics; impacts of geomagnetic storms on the upper atmosphere and ionosphere; radio wave propagation; comparisons to other planets; details of atmospheric and ionosphere instrumentation. Pre: Graduate standing in Engineering.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 8
Average GPA: 3.59 (A-)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 37.67%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%
| Scott L England | 2024 | 67.6% | 30.8% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 3.59 | 8 |