Mesospheric oxygen atom densities inferred from night-time OH Meinel band emission rates

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Sep 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988p%26ss...36..897m&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 36, Sept. 1988, p. 897-905. NSERC-supported research.

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Atmospheric Composition, Mesosphere, Night Sky, Oxygen Atoms, Emission Spectra, Hydroxyl Emission, Nightglow, Spectral Bands, Vertical Distribution

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A method for obtaining upper mesospheric oxygen atom densities using observations of v-prime = 7, v-prime = 8, and v-prime = 9 OH Meinel band volume emission rates in the nightglow is proposed. Uncertainties in the present understanding of the Meinel band excitation mechanism are shown to have only a minor impact on oxygen atom densities determined between 80 and 95 km. The method is applied to previous high v-prime OH band emission profiles, and the results are found to agree favorably with oxygen atom densities derived by the standard atmospheric models.

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