Seasonal MLT-region nightglow intensities, temperatures, and emission heights at a Southern Hemisphere midlatitude site-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Seasonal MLT-region nightglow intensities, temperatures, and emission heights at a Southern Hemisphere midlatitude site

Published:2017-04-18 Issue:3 Volume:35 Page:567-582
ISSN:1432-0576
Container-title:Annales Geophysicae
language:en
Short-container-title:Ann. Geophys.

Author:

Reid Iain M.^ORCID,Spargo Andrew J.^ORCID,Woithe Jonathan M.,Klekociuk Andrew R.^ORCID,Younger Joel P.,Sivjee Gulamabas G.

Abstract

Abstract. We consider 5 years of spectrometer measurements of OH(6–2) and O2(0–1) airglow emission intensities and temperatures made near Adelaide, Australia (35° S, 138° E), between September 2001 and August 2006 and compare them with measurements of the same parameters from at the same site using an airglow imager, with the intensities of the OH(8–3) and O(1S) emissions made with a filter photometer, and with 2 years of Aura MLS (Microwave Limb Sounder) v3.3 temperatures and 4.5 years of TIMED SABER (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry) v2.0 temperatures for the same site. We also consider whether we can recover the actual emission heights from the intercomparison of the ground-based and satellite observations. We find a significant improvement in the correlation between the spectrometer OH and SABER temperatures by interpolating the latter to constant density surfaces determined using a meteor radar.

Funder

Australian Research Council

Publisher

Copernicus GmbH

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous),Atmospheric Science,Geology,Astronomy and Astrophysics

Link

https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/35/567/2017/angeo-35-567-2017.pdf

Reference56 articles.

1. Baker, D. J. and Stair, A. T.: Rocket measurements of the altitude distributions of the hydroxyl airglow, Phys. Scripta, 37, 611, https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/37/4/021, 1988.

2. Bittner, M., Offermann, D., Graef, H.-H., Donner, M., and Hamilton. K.: An 18-year time series of OH rotational temperatures and middle atmosphere decadal variations, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phy., 64, 1147–1166, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00065-2, 2002.

3. Buriti, R. A., Takahashi, H., Gobbi, D., de Medeiros, A. F., Nepomuceno, A. A., and Lima, L. M.: Semiannual oscillation of the mesospheric airglow at 7.4° S during the PSMOS observation period of 1998–2001, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phy., 66, 567–572, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2004.01.009, 2004.