Nearly simultaneous images of HF‐pump enhanced airglow at 6300 Å and 5577 Å | Zendy

Gustavsson B. | Zendy; Brändström B. U. E. | Zendy; Steen Å. | Zendy; Sergienko T. | Zendy; Leyser T. B. | Zendy; Rietveld M. T. | Zendy; Aso T. | Zendy; Ejiri M. | Zendy

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Nearly simultaneous images of HF‐pump enhanced airglow at 6300 Å and 5577 Å

Author(s) -

Gustavsson B.,

Brändström B. U. E.,

Steen Å.,

Sergienko T.,

Leyser T. B.,

Rietveld M. T.,

Aso T.,

Ejiri M.

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

geophysical research letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007

H-Index - 273

eISSN - 1944-8007

pISSN - 0094-8276

DOI - 10.1029/2002gl015350

Subject(s) - airglow , ionosphere , physics , population , intensity (physics) , excitation , emission intensity , atomic physics , atmospheric sciences , optics , geophysics , luminescence , demography , quantum mechanics , sociology

This report presents nearly simultaneous images of HF‐pump enhanced airglow at 6300 Å and 5577 Å caused by HF radio wave pumping in the ionosphere from the EISCAT‐Heating facility. The images show co‐located enhancements implying that there are O ( 1 D ) and O ( 1 S ) emissions from the ionospheric F region. The maximum enhancement in 6300 Å is 50–60 Rayleighs and the maximum enhancement in 5577 Å is 10–20 Rayleighs for five different HF‐pump pulses. The 5577 to 6300 Å intensity ratio of 0.3–0.4 implies that the excitation is caused by a nonthermal electron population.

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