Tidal influences on O2 atmospheric band dayglow: HRDI observations vs. model simulations

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May 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999georl..26.1369m&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 26, Issue 10, p. 1369-1372

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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Airglow And Aurora, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Waves And Tides, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Mesospheric Dynamics

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Atmospheric tides perturb the temperatures, winds, density, and composition of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) and therefore affect daytime O2 atmospheric band airglow. O2 atmospheric band dayglow measurements made by the High Resolution Doppler Imager (HRDI) show clear tidal signatures in equatorial emission rates during equinox, when diurnal tide amplitudes are large. During solstice the observed symmetric diurnal variation of dayglow indicates an emission process controlled by solar absorption. Observations are compared with modeled emissions based on an atmosphere perturbed with diurnal tides predicted by the Tuned Mechanistic Tidal Model (TMTM) for March 1993. Good data/model agreement indicates enhanced emissions result from tidal advection of atomic oxygen from the lower thermosphere. While tides modulate O2 nightglow by perturbing atomic oxygen recombination rates, the tidal signatures seen in O2 dayglow are due to increased production of ozone and O(1D). These results provide further confirmation of the consistency of the HRDI daytime wind, temperature and airglow observations.

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