Airglow Calculations for Remote Sensing of Density.

Abstract

An instrument to remotely determine neutral density profiles in the lower thermosphere has been developed. The instrument observes ultraviolet airglow profiles in two bands: the 3371 A band for nitrogen and the 1356 A band for atomic oxygen to infer atmospheric density. Calculations of the intensities of these emissions have been made using the recent computations of energy dependent photoelectron fluxes and experimental determinations of the excitation cross section.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 05, 1978
Accession Number
ADA057478

Entities

People

  • Roger A. Van Tassel

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Cross Sections
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Airglow
  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Atmospheric Density
  • Digital Computers
  • Electron Density
  • Electron Energy
  • Electron Flux
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Intensity
  • Ionospheric Models
  • Photoelectrons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Solar Physics

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  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference
  • Microelectronics