1. Hydroxyl (6?2) airglow emission intensity ratios for rotational temperature determination
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French, W. J. R., Burns, G. B., Finlayson, K., Greet, P. A., Lowe, R. P., Williams, P. F. B., Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy, Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies (IASOS), University of Tasmania [Hobart, Australia] (UTAS), Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science, University of Western Ontario (UWO), and EGU, Publication
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[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean, Atmosphere ,Atmospheric Science ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,[SDU.OCEAN] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean, Atmosphere ,13. Climate action ,Space and Planetary Science ,[SDU.STU] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences ,Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) ,[SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences ,Geology ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
International audience; OH(6?2) Q1/P1 and R1/P1 airglow emission intensity ratios, for rotational states up to j' = 4.5, are measured to be lower than implied by transition probabilities published by various authors including Mies, Langhoff et al. and Turnbull and Lowe. Experimentally determined relative values of j' transitions yield OH(6?2) rotational temperatures 2 K lower than Langhoff et al., 7 K lower than Mies and 13 K lower than Turnbull and Lowe.Key words: Atmospheric composition and structure (airglow and aurora; pressure, density and temperature)
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- 2000