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NIGHTGLOW: an instrument to measure the Earth’s nighttime ultraviolet glow—results from the first engineering flight |
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| Authors: | Louis M Barbier Robert Smith Scott Murphy Eric R Christian Rodger Farley John F Krizmanic John W Mitchell Robert E Streitmatter Eugene C Loh Stephen Stochaj |
| Institution: | aLaboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 661, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States bNASA/HQ, Code SS, 300 E. Street SW, Washington, DC 20546, United States cDepartment of Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, United States dNSF, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230, United States eParticle Astrophysics Laboratory, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, United States |
| Abstract: | We have designed and built an instrument to measure and monitor the “nightglow” of the Earth’s atmosphere in the near ultraviolet (NUV). In this paper we describe the design of this instrument, called NIGHTGLOW. NIGHTGLOW is designed to be flown from a high altitude research balloon, and circumnavigate the globe. NIGHTGLOW is a NASA, University of Utah, and New Mexico State University project. A test flight took place from Palestine, Texas on July 5, 2000, lasting about 8 h. The instrument performed well and landed safely in Stiles, Texas with little damage. The resulting measurements of the NUV nightglow are compared with previous measurements from sounding rockets and balloons. |
| Keywords: | Cosmic-rays UHECR EUSO OWL Fly’s Eye HiRES AGASA |
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