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Imaging observations of lower thermospheric O(1S) and O2 airglow emissions from STS 9 - Implications of height variationsThe lower thermospheric nightglow in the Southern Hemisphere was observed with the Atmospheric Emissions Photometric Imager during the Spacelab 1 mission in December, 1983. Observations of emission from O(1S) at 2972 and 5577A, O2 at 7620 A, OH near 6300 A, and the combined emission from the three upper states of O2 which lead to the Herzberg I and II and Chamberlain band emissions in B and near UV are discussed. The altitudes of peak emission heights are determined, showing that the peak heights are not constant with latitude. It is found that airglow heights varied with latitude by as much as 8 km. The observed airglow height pattern near the equator is similar to that of Wasser and Donahue (1979).
Document ID
19890041556
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Swenson, G. R.
(Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Mende, S. B.
(Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Llewellyn, E. J.
(Lockheed Research Laboratories Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 94
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
89A28927
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-32579
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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