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diurnal variation of the sodium dayglow

Author(s) -

Chanin M. L.,

Goutail J. P.

Publication year - 1975

Publication title -

journal of geophysical research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67

H-Index - 298

eISSN - 2156-2202

pISSN - 0148-0227

DOI - 10.1029/ja080i019p02854

Subject(s) - diurnal temperature variation , atmospheric sciences , variation (astronomy) , environmental science , sodium , daytime , airglow , thermosphere , astrobiology , geology , ionosphere , physics , astrophysics , materials science , geophysics , metallurgy

We present here an explanation of the erroneous interpretations of spectroscopic sodium dayglow measurements which led to a large diurnal variation. In fact, the diurnal variation is proved to be either small or nonexistent. This result is confirmed by balloon‐borne experimental measurements of the sodium twilight and dayglow intensities.

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