Long-term variations of the oxygen red 630 nm line nightglow intensity

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Feb 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007cajph..85..189g&link_type=abstract

Canadian Journal of Physics, Vol. 85, No. 2, p. 189-198

Physics

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Trends, Ionosphere, Atmosphere, Thermosphere, Model, Airglow, Solar

Scientific paper

The long-term data set of total nightglow intensity of the oxygen red 630.0 nm line observed at Abastumani (41.8 degrees N, 42.8 degrees E) between 1957-1993 is investigated. The long-term trend and characteristic variations in solar radiation during an 11 year cycle of the red-line intensity are different after astronomical twilight (premidnight) and at midnight. The amplitude of deviation of the red-line intensity from its mean value at solar maximum and (or) minimum phase is greatest after astronomical twilight and decreases toward midnight. The long-term trend of these variations changes from its value about 0.74 R/year premidnight to its minimum negative value of about -1.92 R/year at and after midnight. This behavior of the long-term trend is considered as a possible result of an increase in electron density below the peak height (h(m)F2) of the ionospheric F2 layer and lowering of the height h(m)F2 after midnight predicted by the TIME-GCM model on the assumption of an increase in density of greenhouse gases in the lower atmosphere. The third-order regression equation (with different solar activity indices) is considered to be convenient for describing long-term variations in the mean annual red-line intensity.

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