Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985georl..12..453p&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 12, July 1985, p. 453-456.
Physics
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Artificial Satellites, Continuous Spectra, Luminescence, Chemiluminescence, Explorer 51 Satellite, Explorer 55 Satellite, Nitrogen Dioxide, Space Shuttle Missions, Vertical Distribution
Scientific paper
The status of observations and current theories of spacecraft-induced optical emission (ram glow) from the Atmospheric Explorer-C satellite to the most recent shuttle missions is reviewed. To resolve the discrepancy between the observed spectral continuum and the most likely gas-phase emitter, the NO2 continuum, a second continuum is proposed, lying further to the red and due to true surface emission (chemi-luminescence) as a consequence of atomic and molecular oxygen adsorption. An altitude variation modeled on the basis of this mechanism, using laboratory data, offers good agreement with observations by the AE-E satellite, and is capable of producing the quantitative intensities in general.
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