Atmosphere as a Sensor (AtmoSense)

Lt. Col. C. David Lewis, USAF The Atmosphere as a Sensor (AtmoSense) program is a fundamental science program that seeks to understand the propagation of mechanical and electromagnetic energy from the surface of the Earth through the Earth’s ionosphere due to transient events such as meteorological sources, geophysical sources, prompt hazards, etc.

For example, an event on the surface of the Earth, such as a volcanic eruption, will produce radially outward longitudinal mechanical perturbations on the atmosphere. More