Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003agufmsa12b1104n&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2003, abstract #SA12B-1104
Physics
0310 Airglow And Aurora, 3334 Middle Atmosphere Dynamics (0341, 0342), 3360 Remote Sensing, 7894 Instruments And Techniques
Scientific paper
ROCSAT II is an upper atmospheric research satellite to be launched in the end of 2003. The remote sensing instrument-ISUAL include a few imaging and photometric detectors to measure the optical emissions generated by atomic and molecular species in the upper atmosphere. The instrument was designed to study the upper atmospheric lightening- the SPRITES. However, there are aurora and airglow modes to be utilized for aeronomy studies . Furthermore, the Sprite involves many similar optical emissions generated as the airglow. The ROCSAT II Sprite experiment consist of a CCD imager, six-channel photometers, and a 2-channel photometer array, by using filters centered at the wavelengths 557.7, 630, 760 nm for CCD and additionally 432.7, 777.4 and 762 nm for photometer. The CCD imager will be most useful for studying the airglow globally. The following is a list of the planned airglow research: (1) The global and equatorial distributions of airglow emissions: O(1D), O(1S), and O2(b) (2) The basic physical and chemical process to generate the airglow, such as the production mechanism, (3) Measurements of atmospheric parameters and compositions including the profiles of electron, O atom, ozone. (4)The dynamics of the atmosphere including gravity waves, temperature inversion, tidal and planetary waves, (5) The long term changes of the upper atmosphere related to the cooling of the upper atmosphere due to green house effects. These studies will be compared with previous measurement such as UARS in 1992-1998. The O2 A band airglow will be used as an example.
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