Research Catalog

Title

Airglow as an indicator of upper atmospheric structure and dynamics / Vladislav Yu Khomich, Anatoly I. Semenov, Nicolay N. Shefov.

Author

Khomich, Vladislav Yu.

Publication

New York ; London : Springer, 2008.

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Additional Authors

• Semenov, Anatoly I.
• Shefov, Nicolay N.

Description

739 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Upper atmosphere
• Airglow

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 730-734) and index.

Contents

1. The Radiating Atmosphere and Space -- 1.1. Spectral Structure of the Airglow and Its Role in Atmospheric Research -- 1.2. Extra-Atmospheric Radiation -- 1.3. Ultraviolet Solar Radiation -- 1.4. Space-Time Conditions for Detecting Radiation -- 1.5. Manifestation of the Variations of the Atmospheric Characteristics in the Properties of the Airglow -- 1.6. The Heliogeophysical Conditions that Determine the Observed Airglow Characteristics -- 2. Processes Responsible for the Occurrence of the Airglow -- 2.1. Processes of Excitation and Deactivation of Excited Species -- 2.2. Hydroxyl Emission -- 2.3. Emissions from Metal Atoms -- 2.4. Molecular Oxygen Emissions -- 2.5. 557.7-nm Emission of Atomic Oxygen -- 2.6. The Atomic Oxygen 630-nm Emission -- 2.7. Helium Emission -- 2.8. Atomic Hydrogen Emissions -- 2.9. The Continuum -- 2.10. Nitric Oxide Emissions -- 2.11. Infrared Emissions from Atmospheric Atoms and Molecules -- 3. Techniques of Investigation of the Airglow -- 3.1. Photometry -- 3.2. Spectrophotometric Equipment -- 3.3. Radiation Detectors -- 3.4. Cooling of Radiation Detectors -- 3.5. Methods and Conditions of Measurements -- 3.6. Measurement Data Processing -- 3.7. Calibration of Measurements -- 3.8. Errors of Intensity and Temperature Measurements -- 4. Regular Variations of the Airglow in the Mesopause and Thermosphere -- 4.1. Model of Hydroxyl Emission -- 4.2. Model of the Sodium Emission -- 4.3. Model of the Molecular Oxygen Emission -- 4.4. Model of the 557.7-nm Atomic Oxygen Emission -- 4.5. Model of the 630-nm Atomic Oxygen Emission -- 5. Wave Processes in the Atmosphere -- 5.1. Internal Gravity Waves -- 5.2. Orographic Disturbances -- 5.3. Planetary Waves -- 5.4. Noctilucent Clouds -- 5.5. Spotty Structure of the Airglow Intensity -- 5.6. Winds -- 6. Climatic Changes in the Upper Atmosphere -- 6.1. The Temperature Trend in the Middle Atmosphere -- 6.2. Temperature Trend in the Thermosphere -- 6.3. Trends of the Atmospheric Density and Composition -- 6.4. Long-Term Subsidence of the Middle and Upper Atmosphere -- 7. Models of Vertical Profiles of Some Characteristics of the Upper Atmosphere -- 7.1. Ozone in the Mesopause Region -- 7.2. Atomic Oxygen -- 7.3. Atomic Hydrogen -- 7.4. Temperature of the Middle Atmosphere.

ISBN

• 9783540758327 (hbk.)
• 3540758321 (hbk.)

LCCN

99821462332

OCLC

• 180479081
• ocn180479081
• SCSB-5428285

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries