An EUV spectrometer for atmospheric remote sensingThis paper describes the Berkeley EUV Airglow Rocket Spectrometer (BEARS) experiment, designed to investigate the interactions between the solar ionizing radiation and the earth's upper atmosphere. The primary objective of this experiment is the verification the feasibility of using EUV observations as a quantitative diagnostic of the terrestrial atmosphere and its plasma environment. The expected information provided by spectroscopic measurements of EUV emission will include data on the excitation mechanisms, excitation rates, and branching ratios. The BEARS experimental package consists of a high-resolution EUV airglow spectrometer, a hydrogen Lyman-alpha photometer to measure both the solar radiations and the geocoronal emissions, and a moderate-resolution solar EUV spectrometer. In a test experiment, the instruments were carried aboard a four-stage sounding rocket to a peak altitude of about 960 km and obtained airglow spectra in the 980-1060 A range and in the 1300-1360 range.
Document ID
19900063232
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Chakrabarti, S. (California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Cotton, D. M. (California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Lampton, M. (California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Siegmund, O. H. W. (California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Link, R. (California, University Berkeley, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1989
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Meeting Information
Meeting: EUV, X-ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy and Atomic Physics