Remote sensing of atmospheric oxygen from a sounding rocketThis paper describes a rocket experiment to investigate mechanisms governing the interactions between two of the fundamental components of the solar-terrestrial system: the solar ionizing radiation and the earth's upper atmosphere. The aim is to characterize the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) emissions resulting from these interactions in terms of physical parameters so that EUV remote sensing can be gainfully employed as a quantitative diagnostic of the terrestrial atmosphere and plasma environment. The payload consists of a high-resolution (about 0.5 A) spectrometer to measure the EUV emissions (980-1360 A) of the earth's dayglow, a moderate resolution (about 15 A) EUV spectrometer (250-1450 A) to measure the solar irradiation responsible for the photoelectron production, and a hydrogen Lyman Alpha photometer to monitor the solar irradiance and geocoronal emissions.
Document ID
19880068121
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)