GOMOS serendipitous data products: The mesospheric sodium layer and various limb emissions
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Authors
Fussen, D.
Vanhellemont, F.
Bingen, C.
Kyrölä, E.
Tamminen, J.
Sofieva, V.
Hassinen, S.
Seppälä, A.
Verronen, P.
Bertaux, J.L.
Hauchecorne, A.
Dalaudier, F.
Fanton d'Andon, O.
Barrot, G.
Mangin, A.
Theodore, B.
Guirlet, M.
Renard, J.B.
Fraisse, R.
Snoeij, P.
Koopman, R.
Saavedra, L.
Discipline
Earth and related Environmental sciences
Subject
Absorption
Atmospheric composition
Oxygen
Sodium
Atmospheric limb transmittance
GOMOS
Mesospheric sodium
Small spectral features
Atmospheric chemistry
Audience
Scientific
Date
2005Metadata
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We present first results of the analysis of fine details present in GOMOS co-added transmittances. In particular, mesospheric sodium (around 589 nm) and the oxygen green line (at 557 nm) have been unambiguously identified and the Na concentration profile can be obtained by standard inversion techniques. Two other unusual spectral signatures have been observed, both exhibiting a strong altitude dependence, in absorption (511.7 nm) and in emission (601.2 nm), the first one perhaps being related to a transition c1Σu - b1Σg+ involving an excited state of molecular oxygen. The general usefulness of averaging limb transmittances data is discussed.
Citation
Fussen, D.; Vanhellemont, F.; Bingen, C.; Kyrölä, E.; Tamminen, J.; Sofieva, V.; Hassinen, S.; Seppälä, A.; Verronen, P.; Bertaux, J.L.; Hauchecorne, A.; Dalaudier, F.; Fanton d'Andon, O.; Barrot, G.; Mangin, A.; Theodore, B.; Guirlet, M.; Renard, J.B.; Fraisse, R.; Snoeij, P.; Koopman, R.; Saavedra, L. (2005). GOMOS serendipitous data products: The mesospheric sodium layer and various limb emissions. , Advances in Space Research, Vol. 36, Issue 5, 967-972, DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.03.009.Identifiers
scopus: 2-s2.0-27744517798
Type
Article
Peer-Review
Yes
Language
eng