Observation and analysis of N I 520.0 nm auroral emissions.

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Apr 1996

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Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, Vol. 58, No. 5, p. 579 - 599

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Aurorae: Emission Lines, Airglow: Atomic Nitrogen

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The results from the analysis of simultaneous auroral ground-based optical measurements of the N(2D) 520.0 nm, N2+ ING 470.9 nm, O(3P) 844.6 nm and the O(1D) 630.0 nm emission intensities are presented. The data were obtained during auroral observations at Gillam (56.35°N, 265.32°E) over an observation period of about 8 hours, from UT 2:33 hrs to UT 10:06 hrs, on 20 March 1985. The soft electron flux measurements on board the DMSP satellite for the time of the experiment have also been considered in the analysis. The N(2D) density and the N(2D) 520.0 nm integral emission rate I(520.0) were calculated employing a one- and two-dimensional time-dependent ion-chemistry model and the model predictions have been compared with the experimental I(520.0) emission rates. It was found that the model predictions of the N I I(520.0) intensity based on the electron energy fluxes inferred from the experimental I(844.6)/I(427.8) emission rate ratios are smaller in magnitude than the experimental values by a factor of 5-8 after allowing for horizontal transport of [N(2D)] by neutral winds. Assuming soft electron precipitation, suggested by the O I I(630.0) emission measurements and the DMSP satellite electron flux data, provided good agreement between the model and experimental results. Based on the results obtained it was concluded that horizontal transport played a minor role and that the observed N(2D) I(520.0) emissions were mostly produced by precipitating soft electron fluxes with energies below about 100 eV.

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