Coordinated analysis of various auroral measurements made during NASA's 1968 and 1969 Airborne Auroral Expeditions. Final report, 1 Jan 1973--31 Dec 1975
Auroral optical measurements made aboard NASA's CV 990 were analyzed. The measurements analyzed form a small part of extensive spectroscopic, photometric and photographic data gathered during the 1968 and 1969 Airborne Auroral Expeditions. Simultaneous particle measurements from ESRO IA satellite were used in the analysis. Information about magnetospheric boundaries, interaction between magnetosheath particles and the terrestrial ionosphere, the polar bulge in helium abundance and excitation mechanisms of the triplet state of atmospheric N/sub 2/ in auroras was obtained. Further analysis of the data is required to elucidate the relation between 3466- and 5200-A emissions of N I and the excitation of 3726--3729-A emissions from atomic oxygen ions in auroras. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Alaska Univ., College (USA). Geophysical Inst.
- DOE Contract Number:
- NGR-02-001-099
- OSTI ID:
- 7327648
- Report Number(s):
- N-76-21802; NASA-CR-146857; TRN: 77-007562
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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