Fabry-Perot Interferometer and Skymapping Photometer Determinations of Midlatitude F-Region Neutral Winds and Temperatures and Airglow Enhancement/Depletions.

Abstract

A 100 mm aperture, field-widened Fabry-Perot interferometer and a sky-mapping filter photometer were used in support of the IMS F-region chemical release program at Wallops Island, VA. On the night of the successful SF6 release near local midnight (8/9 November 1983) the neutral wind components vz (meridional) and va (zonal), as well as the neutral temperature Tn of the thermosphere were determined from 02 h UT to 06 h UT. Divergence in the zonal flow was noted. No 630.0 nm airflow enhancement/depletion was detected. Keywords include: 630.0 nm airglow, nightglow, interferometry, filter photometer, thermospheric dynamics, thermospheric velocity, thermospheric temperature, airglow enhancement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 26, 1984
Accession Number
ADA150730

Entities

People

  • M. A. Biondi

Organizations

  • University of Pittsburgh

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Doppler Effect
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Fabry Perot Interferometers
  • Geophysics
  • High Resolution
  • Interferometers
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Photometers
  • Physics
  • Pressure Gradients

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.