| タイトル | Coordinated rocket and satellite measurements of an auroral event. II - The rocket observations and analysis |
| 著者（英） | Sharp, W. E.; Stewart, A. I.; Rees, M. H. |
| 著者所属（英） | Alaska Univ.|Michigan Univ.|Colorado Univ. |
| 発行日 | 1979-05-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | A rocket-borne payload launched into an aurora and a simultaneous overpass of the Atmosphere Explorer C satellite yielded measurements of auroral optical emission rates, thermal ion and electron densities, and low-energy electron fluxes. Model calculations of the thermospheric manifestation of the aurora were performed through use of rocket-determined auroral ionization rates and satellite-determined neutral gas densities. Measured oxygen densities provided a means of assessing the quenching rate of an excited state of N2. Energy transfer from this excited state appears to be the major source of 5577-A emission. Optical emission at 6300 A cannot be explained either by electron impact on atomic oxygen or by dissociative recombination of O2(+). |
| NASA分類 | GEOPHYSICS |
| レポートNO | 79A36168 |
| 権利 | Copyright |
| URI | https://repository.exst.jaxa.jp/dspace/handle/a-is/427192 |
