Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
May 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006agusmsa43a..02n&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #SA43A-02
Mathematics
Logic
0310 Airglow And Aurora, 0328 Exosphere, 0355 Thermosphere: Composition And Chemistry, 0394 Instruments And Techniques
Scientific paper
The Optical Laboratory at the Arecibo Observatory is being upgraded to permit remote operation, to improve Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) sensitivity, and to permit FPI response in the near infrared. Integration of a 2048 x 2048 Andor CCD array into the existing low-resolution Fabry Perot Interferometer is complete. Remote operation and data acquisition for this FPI is accomplished by transition from the obsolete PDP-11 data acquisition system to PC-based, internet aware control. Another upgrade stage, adding a near-infrared focal plane array to a second FPI is scheduled for the fall of this year. Configured with a spectral resolution of 0.0086 nm at 656.3 nm, the low resolution FPI sampled the geocoronal Balmer-alpha emission during three new moon periods in November and December, 2005, and January, 2006. The latter two observation campaigns were conducted using the new remote control capability. The single etalon FPI produces three orders at the CCD plane corresponding to a full field-of-view of 0.92 degrees. The FPI Hadinger ring pattern is summed annularly, and the three orders are subsequently summed, producing an instrument sensitivity that is 43 times better than the previous single channel photomultiplier detection system. Raw detector response is corrected using both linear (chip bias) and non-linear techniques (flat-field) prior to ring-summing. A frequency stabilized HeNe laser at 632.8 nm is remotely operated to establish the FPI response function. Effective exospheric temperature and line profile asymmetries are determined after decomposition of the instrument response function from the measured airglow emission. Identification and climatological characterization of non-Maxwellian H distributions, with simultaneous quantification of H+ abundance and flow in the topside ionosphere by the Arecibo incoherent scatter radar, are measurements central to our goal of improved understanding of H on H+ charge exchange escape of H.
Friedman Jerome
Garcia Rafael
Kerr Robert B.
Migliozzi M. A.
Noto John
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