Analysis of the ultraviolet emissions of nitric oxide from mid-latitude rocket observations
| dc.contributor.advisor | Cleary, David D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Clayton, Michael J. | |
| dc.date | June 1990 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-15T23:11:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-02-15T23:11:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1990-06 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/27728 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ultraviolet emissions of the Earth's ionosphere in the wavelength range of 2000 A to 2500 A are analyzed. These data were obtained by a rocket- borne spectrograph flown on March 30, 1990 from the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The gamma and epsilon bands of nitric oxide dominate this portion of the spectrum. Column densities of nitric oxide are determined by fitting eleven of the most prominent bands with synthetic spectra. Additionally, a temperature profile is found between the altitudes of 145 km and 195 km. From the data, corrections to the Franck-Condon factors are determined for three v (Z primes) progressions of the nitric oxide gamma bands. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/analysisofultrav1094527728 | |
| dc.format.extent | vii, 59 p. ill. | en_US |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Ultraviolet spectra | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Spectrum analysis | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Nitric oxide. | en_US |
| dc.title | Analysis of the ultraviolet emissions of nitric oxide from mid-latitude rocket observations | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.contributor.secondreader | Gnanalingam, Suntharalingam. | |
| dc.contributor.corporate | Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) | |
| dc.contributor.department | Department of Physics | |
| dc.subject.author | Ultraviolet spectra | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | dayglow | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | nitric oxide | en_US |
| dc.description.service | Lieutenant, United States Navy | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.name | M.S. in Physics | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.discipline | Physics | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
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