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Scientific paper
Aug 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984angeo...2..463s&link_type=abstract
Annales Geophysicae (ISSN 0755-0685), vol. 2, July-Aug. 1984, p. 463-466.
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Auroral Spectroscopy, Cusps, Nightglow, Oxygen Spectra, Atomic Energy Levels, Dissociation, Optical Emission Spectroscopy
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In night time auroras, wherein precipitating particles dissipate most of their energy in the E region of the atmosphere, the ratio OI (844.6 nm)/OI (777.4 nm) is around 1. On the other hand, in midday cusp auroras, where optical emissions peak in the F region, the same ratio takes values between 3 and 5. These results suggest that in relatively low altitude nighttime auroras OI (777.4 nm) is excited both by electron impact on O and by an additional mechanism such as dissociative excitation of O2, the higher altitude midday cusp auroral measurements are consistent with e + O excitation of both OI multiplets.
Belon A. E.
Christensen Andrew B.
Henriksen Kim
Sivjee G. G.
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