Development of an Advanced OH Mesospheric Temperature Mapper for Correlative Dynamical Studies at the ALOMAR Arctic Observatory (69 degree N)

This report summarizes work performed under DURIP grant No F49620-02-1-0258, awarded to the Space Dynamics Laboratory, Utah State University Research Foundation (USURF) for the design and development of a novel infrared image for mapping mesospheric temperature and its variability at high-latitudes....

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Main Author: Taylor, Michael J.
Other Authors: UTAH STATE UNIV RESEARCH FOUNDATION LOGAN
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Atmospheric Physics
*MESOSPHERE
*INFRARED DETECTORS
*MAPPING
EMISSION
TEMPERATURE
STATE OF THE ART
DYNAMICS
INFRARED IMAGES
RADIANCE
INSTRUMENTATION
LABORATORIES
NIGHT
SPACE STATIONS
AIRGLOW
NARROWBAND
ARCTIC REGIONS
OBSERVATORIES
Alomar
Arctic
Pendleton
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA434569
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA434569
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Summary:This report summarizes work performed under DURIP grant No F49620-02-1-0258, awarded to the Space Dynamics Laboratory, Utah State University Research Foundation (USURF) for the design and development of a novel infrared image for mapping mesospheric temperature and its variability at high-latitudes. This instrument concept was proposed by Dr. M. Taylor and Dr. W. P. Pendleton, Jr. and utilized state-of-the-art system components to achieve a new capability in wide-field (120 deg) narrow band (^2 nm) measurements of the mesospheric OH Meinel nightglow emissions (altitude ^ 87 km) to study atomospheric radiance and temperature changes with high spatial and temporal precision.

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