Brightness of the O2 atmospheric bands in the daytime thermosphere |
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| Authors: | WR Skinner PB Hays |
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| Institution: | Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Space Physics Research Laboratory, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | The Fabry-Perot interferometer on Dynamics Explorer 2 was used as a low sensitivity photometer to study the O2 Atmospheric A band during the daytime. A study of the brightness of the emission showed that the assumed source of O2(b1Σg+) in the thermosphere, O(1D), can account for the observed intensity up to about 250 km but with a significantly different scale height. This combined with an enhanced brightness above this altitude suggests an additional source for this emission. |
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