DocumentCode
976133
Title
The Night Airglow
Author
Roach, Franklin E.
Author_Institution
Bureau of Standards, Boulder, Colo.
Volume
47
Issue
2
fYear
1959
Firstpage
267
Lastpage
271
Abstract
A phenomenological description of the night airglow is presented, reviewing the historical background, and what is known about height, temporal and spatial variations in intensity, and movements. The very important relationship to aurora and evidence for latitude-seasonal effects are examined.
Keywords
Atmosphere; Atmospheric waves; Atomic measurements; Brightness; Earth; Extinction coefficients; Geophysical measurements; Helium; Rockets; Spectrogram;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IRE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0096-8390
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JRPROC.1959.287293
Filename
4065667
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