Seasonal and nighttime behaviors of emissions of hydroxyl and the atmospheric system of molecular oxygen of the midlatitude mesopause |
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Authors: | V I Perminov N N Pertsev |
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Institution: | 1.Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia |
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Abstract: | Based on observations of mesopause emissions, namely, emissions of hydroxyl (band (6-2)) and molecular oxygen (band (0-1)
of the atmospheric system), their systematic nighttime and seasonal variations are determined at Zvenigorod Observatory in
2000–2008. It is shown that the intensity of hydroxyl emission decreases during the entire night or first half-night, probably
due to the influence of the chemical sink of atomic oxygen on the nighttime behavior of hydroxyl emission. The nighttime behavior
of the intensity of molecular oxygen emission is explained by the action of atmospheric tides. The seasonal behavior of emissions
is characterized by two minima, in April–May and December; it is caused by the annual behavior of the atomic oxygen content,
temperature, and atmospheric density in the emitting layer. Based on the emission data, we determined the seasonal variations
of atomic oxygen at heights of ∼87 km (maximum of hydroxyl emission) and ∼95 km (maximum of molecular oxygen emission). |
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