Line shape of the non-thermal 6300 Å O( 1D) emission
Abstract
The line shape of the non-thermal O( 1D) 6300 Å emission is calculated using the two population model of Schmitt, Abreu and Hays ( Planet. Space Sci.29, 1095, 1981). The calculated line shapes simulate observations made from a space platform at different zenith angles and altitudes. The non-thermal line shapes observed at zenith angles other than the local vertical have been obtained by using the Addition theorem for spherical harmonics of a Legendre polynomial expansion of the non-thermal population distribution function.
- Publication:
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Planetary and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- May 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0032-0633(82)90055-1
- Bibcode:
- 1982P&SS...30..457S
- Keywords:
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- Line Shape;
- Metastable Atoms;
- Nonthermal Radiation;
- Oxygen Spectra;
- Satellite Sounding;
- Addition Theorem;
- Altitude Simulation;
- Distribution Functions;
- Dynamics Explorer Satellites;
- Emission Spectra;
- Fabry-Perot Interferometers;
- Legendre Functions;
- Line Of Sight;
- Oxygen Recombination;
- Spherical Harmonics;
- Zenith;
- Physics (General)