Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agufmsa41b0730h&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001, abstract #SA41B-0730
Physics
0310 Airglow And Aurora
Scientific paper
The Turbulent Oxygen Mixing Experiment (TOMEX) combined Na lidar measurements, from Starfire Optical Range in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a launch of a payload from White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), located a little over 100 km from Starfire. The payload included a TMA release to measure winds and diffusion, a five channel ionization gauge to measure neutral densities, and a three channel photometer experiment to measure atomic oxygen related airglow. The payload was launched at 0957 UT on 26 October 2000 and successfully obtained data from all the experiments. This paper discusses results from the photometer experiment. This experiment consisted of three liquid nitrogen cooled filter photometers which measured the emission from the the O2 Atmospheric Band (0,0) emission, the OH Meinel (9,4) band, and the OI(557.7 nm) green line. Measurements were made as the rocket went from 80 to 110 km on the upleg. The pointing of the photometers was within a few degrees of zenith. Differentiating these data allowed volume emission rates to be derived which can be inverted to form atomic oxygen density profiles. The interpretation of the data will make use of simultaneous atmospheric temperature data from the Na lidar. The results of this analysis will be compared to previous rocket measurements during Coqui Dos and model calculations of airglow emission.
Clemmons James Hart
Hecht James H.
Larsen Mark F.
Liu Alan Z.
Roble Raymond G.
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