The visible airglow experiment-a review

Paul B. Hays; Vincent J. Abreu; Stanley C. Solomon; Jeng Hwa Yee

doi:10.1016/0032-0633(88)90143-2

The visible airglow experiment-a review

Paul B. Hays
, Vincent J. Abreu
, Stanley C. Solomon
, Jeng Hwa Yee

University of Michigan

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Contributions of the Visible Airglow Experiment (VAE) to the understanding of thermospheric aeronomy are summarized and discussed. The importance of instrumental design and operation is considered and particular attention is given to the relationship between observation and inversion for optical measurements of light emissions from a diffuse medium. The specific influence of the VAE investigation on the present understanding of the physical mechanisms which produce and destroy the excited species, O⁺ (²P), O(¹D), O(¹S), N(²D), N₂⁺ (B²Σ_u⁺), N₂(C³π_u) and Mg⁺ (²P_{1 2}), is discussed in detail.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	21-35
Number of pages	15
Journal	Planetary and Space Science
Volume	36
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0032-0633(88)90143-2
State	Published - 1988
Externally published	Yes

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