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Longitudinal structure in atomic oxygen concentrations observed with WINDII on UARSWINDII, the Wind Imaging Interferometer on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, began atmospheric observations on September 28, 1991 and since then has been collecting data on winds, temperatures and emissions rates from atomic, molecular and ionized oxygen species, as well as hydroxyl. The validation of winds and temperatures is not yet complete, and scientific interpretation has barely begun, but the dominant characteristic of these data so far is the remarkable structure in the emission rate from the excited species produced by the recombination of atomic oxygen. The latitudinal and temporal variability has been noted before by many others. In this preliminary report on WINDII results we draw attention to the dramatic longitudinal variations of planetary wave character in atomic oxygen concentration, as reflected in the OI 557.7 nm emission, and to similar variations seen in the Meine1 hydroxyl band emission.
Document ID
19930062177
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Shepherd, G. G.
(York Univ. Toronto, Canada)
Thuillier, G.
(CNRS Service d'Aeronomie, Verrieres-le-Buisson, France)
Solheim, B. H.
(York Univ. Toronto, Canada)
Chandra, S.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Cogger, L. L.
(Calgary Univ. Canada)
Duboin, M. L.
(Centre de Recherches en Physique de l'Environnement Terrestre et Planetaire Issy-les-Moulineaux, France)
Evans, W. F. J.
(Trent Univ. Peterborough, Canada)
Gattinger, R. L.
(National Research Council Ottawa, Canada)
Gault, W. A.
(York Univ. Toronto, Canada)
Herse, M.
(CNRS Service d'Aeronomie, Verrieres-le-Buisson, France)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
June 18, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 20
Issue: 12
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
93A46174
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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