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The surface glow of the Atmosphere Explorer C and E satellites
Author(s) -
Langhoff S. R.,
Jaffe R. L.,
Yee J. H.,
Dalgarno A.
Publication year - 1983
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/gl010i009p00896
Subject(s) - airglow , spectral line , line (geometry) , physics , atmosphere (unit) , population , rotational temperature , atomic physics , emission spectrum , atmospheric models , astrophysics , computational physics , atmospheric sciences , astronomy , meteorology , geometry , demography , sociology , mathematics
Detailed line intensities of the rotational‐vibrational spectrum of OH are calculated for various rates of population of sixteen bound vibrational levels in which the rotational level populations are in thermal equilibrium. The line intensities are convolved with the instrument function of the Visible Airglow Experiment on the AE C and E satellites to obtain spectra for comparison with the atmospheric data. Within the uncertainties, a model can be constructed that reproduces the observed spectrum. Synthetic spectra are computed for the OH Meinel system between 2000 Å and 5.5µ. The maximum intensity occurs between 1µ and 2µ.