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Near-infrared auroral spectra

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7347388
The near-infrared spectrum of an aurora in comparison with the high-latitude night airglow has been obtained using a wide-field interferometer-spectrometer. The spectral coverage is from about 0.9 to 1.6 micrometers at a resolving power of 1600. The principal auroral features which were observed during a Class III auroral breakup the night of April 19, 1974, at Poker Flat, Alaska, are the N2(+) Meinel bands, the N2 First Positive bands, and certain atomic 0 and N emission lines. Comparisons are made with laboratory spectra. (GRA)
Research Organization:
Utah State Univ., Logan (USA). Electro-Dynamics Labs.
OSTI ID:
7347388
Report Number(s):
AD-A-016755
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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