ROTATIONAL TEMPERATURES OF THE AURORAL 3914 Å NITROGEN BAND VS. HEIGHT AT CHURCHILL, MANITOBA
Rotational temperatures derived from rapid spectrometric scans of the 3914 Å N 2 + band in the aurora have been made over a height range from 93 to 160 km. Simultaneous measurements of heights of lower borders were made using parallactic photography. The temperature range of approximately 190 to 570...
Published in: | Canadian Journal of Physics |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1964
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/p64-163 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/p64-163 |
Summary: | Rotational temperatures derived from rapid spectrometric scans of the 3914 Å N 2 + band in the aurora have been made over a height range from 93 to 160 km. Simultaneous measurements of heights of lower borders were made using parallactic photography. The temperature range of approximately 190 to 570 °K agrees well with Hunten's profile and tends to confirm the gradient between 110 and 160 km at 5.2°/km. |
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