5577 Å night airglow emission from Barth's and Chapman's mechanisms.
Abstract
Following Barth's mechanism a theoretical curve of 5577 Å line emission at night with height is presented. An empirical relation between emission and height is obtained from it.
- Publication:
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Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics
- Pub Date:
- February 1989
- Bibcode:
- 1989IJRSP..18...33G
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Chemistry;
- Atomic Excitations;
- Nightglow;
- Oxygen Spectra;
- Visible Spectrum;
- Computational Chemistry;
- Emission Spectra;
- Rayleigh Scattering;
- Shear Layers;
- Transition Probabilities;
- Geophysics;
- Airglow: Earth Atmosphere