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absolute concentrations of O(³P) in the lower thermosphere at night

Author(s) -

Sharp W. E.

Publication year - 1980

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/gl007i007p00485

Subject(s) - rocket (weapon) , payload (computing) , calibration , thermosphere , physics , photon , environmental science , detector , satellite , remote sensing , optics , atomic physics , ionosphere , aerospace engineering , geology , astronomy , computer science , computer network , quantum mechanics , network packet , engineering

A rocket borne instrument module for detecting atomic oxygen concentrations by the resonance fluorescence technique is reported. The module contained a source lamp emitting OI 1304Å photons and a detector for the scattered photons. The module was constructed so that it could be coupled to a fast flow reactor for calibration purposes. During the flight the module was radially deployed from the payload on an oscillating boom with a maximum extension of 90 cm from the skin. Analysis of the initial flight data indicates that the shock formed by the motion of the rocket had a substantial effect on the data and the maximum concentration of the layer at 93 km was about 1.1 × 10 11 cm −3 .

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