A comparison of Viking UVI auroral observations and model calculations of camera responses

Journal Article · Tue Feb 28 23:00:00 EST 1995 · Journal of Geophysical Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/94JA02652· OSTI ID:207165

Steele, D P; McEwen, D J ^[1]; Murphree, J S ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada)
2. Univ. of Calgary, Alberta (Canada)

The authors have selected a number of events observed by the UV imager on Viking both in the UV Lyman, Birge, Hopfield wavelength, and the O I 130.4 nm and 135.6 nm bands, where there was simultaneous DMSP F7 particle data for comparision. These events were selected from times of quiet to moderately active ionospheric conditions with stable electron precipitation around the region of observation. They have then done model calculations of auroral emissions, corresponding radiative transfer, and folded in the response functions for the UV cameras. They achieved good comparisons with 5 of the 6 events which were modeled.

• OSTI ID: 207165
• Journal Information: Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research Journal Issue: A3 Vol. 100; ISSN JGREA2; ISSN 0148-0227
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
AURORAE
EMISSION SPECTRA
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
RADIATION TRANSPORT
REMOTE SENSING
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION