Open AccessFurther investigations of lightning‐induced transient emissions in the OH airglow layer
Author(s) -
Huang TaiYin,
Kuo C. L.,
Chiang C. Y.,
Chen A. B.,
Su H. T.,
Hsu R. R.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: space physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67
H-Index - 298
eISSN - 2156-2202
pISSN - 0148-0227
DOI - 10.1029/2010ja015558
Subject(s) - airglow , lightning (connector) , intensity (physics) , emission intensity , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , remote sensing , physics , optics , geology , luminescence , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
A previous study of lightning‐induced transient emissions in and below the OH airglow layer using observations by the Imager of Sprites and Upper Atmospheric Lightning (ISUAL) CCD camera onboard the FORMOSAT‐II satellite showed that intensity enhancements occurred more frequently in the OH airglow layer. Here we show the results of new observations made in December 2009 and January 2010 using a narrowband 630 nm filter and spectrophotometer and present further analysis. We estimated the N 2 1P intensity enhancements to be ∼65% and 53% of the total intensity enhancements for the two events we analyzed using ISUAL and the spectrophotometer data in conjunction with a model for emissions of light and VLF perturbations from electromagnetic pulse sources (elves). Our analysis indicates that there is still somewhat considerable intensity enhancement (∼1.25 kR) unaccounted for after the N 2 1P contribution has been removed. Our study suggests that there might be OH emissions in elves and that OH species might also be involved in the lightning‐induced process and contribute to the intensity enhancements that we observed.