TY - JOUR
T1 - The visible airglow experiment-a review
AU - Hays, Paul B.
AU - Abreu, Vincent J.
AU - Solomon, Stanley C.
AU - Yee, Jeng Hwa
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - 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+ (B2Σu+), N2(C3πu) and Mg+ (2P 1 2), is discussed in detail.
AB - 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+ (B2Σu+), N2(C3πu) and Mg+ (2P 1 2), is discussed in detail.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0039384043
U2 - 10.1016/0032-0633(88)90143-2
DO - 10.1016/0032-0633(88)90143-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0039384043
SN - 0032-0633
VL - 36
SP - 21
EP - 35
JO - Planetary and Space Science
JF - Planetary and Space Science
IS - 1
ER -