Physics
Scientific paper
May 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agusm..sa41a10i&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2001, abstract #SA41A-10
Physics
0310 Airglow And Aurora, 0358 Thermosphere--Energy Deposition
Scientific paper
Auroral emissions are observed in 3 separate Far-Ultraviolet (FUV) wavelength regimes by IMAGE. The Wideband Imaging Camera (WIC) is sensitive mainly to N2 LBH and N I emissions in the 140-190-nm range, while the Spectrographic Imager (SI) spectrally separates the OI 135.6-nm emission and Doppler shifted hydrogen emissions of the proton aurora at 121.8 nm. The brightness of the N2 LBH and OI 135.6-nm emissions depend in part on the spectrum and total energy flux of incoming electrons, and on the height-density profile of the respective species, and O2. Due mainly to these atmospheric factors, the ratio of the N2 and OI emissions depends strongly on the characteristic energy of precipitating electrons which, once estimated, can in turn be used to calculate the total energy flux. The proton aurora generates secondary electrons, which excite additional emissions of N2 and OI. It is not possible to absolutely determine either the total proton energy flux or the characteristic proton energy (
Frey Harald U.
Gerard Jesse
Hubert Bernard
Immel Thomas J.
Mende Stephen B.
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