Analysis of ionospheric dayglow from observations of the Naval postgraduate school middle ultraviolet spectrograph (MUSTANG). Master's thesis

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:7308673

Marron, A C

Middle ultraviolet spectra of the atmospheric airglow were obtained from a March 1992 rocket flight of the NPS MUSTANG instrument. These spectra are analyzed from 1900 A to 3100 A, over an altitude range of 100 km to 320 km. The data are modeled with computer generated synthetic spectra for the following emissions: N2 Vegard Kaplan (VK); N2 Lyman-Birge-Hopfield (LBH); and NO Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon bands. A best fit procedure was developed. The resulting synthetic spectra agree well with obtained airglow data. Confirmation was made of the theoretical self absorption versus non-self absorption processes of the NO (0,0), (1,0), (2,0) gamma resonance band emissions. NO self absorption is a necessary inclusion of any atmospheric nitric oxide analysis stratagem. Profiles of temperature versus altitude and NO column density versus altitude for the rocket flight are estimated. Airglow, Ionosphere, Ultraviolet spectroscopy.

• Research Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7308673
• Report Number(s): AD-A-277351/3/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Ionospheric
& Magnetospheric Phenomena-- (1992-)
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ABSORPTION
AIRGLOW
ALTITUDE
CHALCOGENIDES
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELEMENTS
IONOSPHERE
NITRIC OXIDE
NITROGEN
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NONMETALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANETARY IONOSPHERES
SELF-ABSORPTION
SORPTION
SPECTRA
ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA