Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Ground-based measurements of upper atmospheric parameters, such as temperature and wind velocity, can be made by observing airglow emissions that have a well-defined altitude profile and that are known to be representative of the emitting region. We describe the optical observatory at Maynooth (53.23 deg N, 6.4 deg W) at which two instruments, a Fabry-Perot interferometer and a Fourier transform spectrometer, are used to record atmospheric airglow emissions in Ireland at visible and near-infrared wavelengths, respectively. Descriptions of the instruments, data acquisition, and analysis procedures are provided, together with some sample results.
Keywords:
Meteorology and Climatology
Type:
NASA-CR-205303
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NAS 1.26:205303
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Optical Engineering (ISSN 0091-3286); 33; 12; 3853-3860
Format:
application/pdf
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