Mulligan, F.J. and Nallen, J.J. (1998) A search for evidence of tidal activity in OH(3,l)airglow omissions recorded at Maynooth (53.23° N, 6.35° W). Advanced Space Research, 21 (6). pp. 831-834.

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Abstract

Spectra of the Meinel hydroxyl emissions in the wavelength range LO-l.6 um, which originate at altitudes close to the mesopause, have been obtained, using a Fourier transform spectrometer at Maynooth (53.23°N, 6.35*W), Ireland, on all suitable nights during the period December 1992 to July 1995. Rotational temperatures and integrated band intensities have been calculated from the spectra of the OH (3, 1) vibrational band. These data have been analysed for evidence of tidal activity. Our results show a post sunset increase in the emission brightness throughout the year; over 70% of the time this is followed by a decline to a midnight minimum, after which the emission rate recovers to a secondary maximum in the early morning. The months of September and October show a completely different pattern with the intensity and temperature data showing a pre-midnight maximum followed by a steady decline until dawn. A cross-correlation of the intensity and temperature data reveals a periodic variation with a period in the range 8-12 hours for all months.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Tidal activity; airglow emissions; Maynooth;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Experimental Physics
Item ID:	793
Depositing User:	Dr. Frank Mulligan
Date Deposited:	27 Nov 2007
Journal or Publication Title:	Advanced Space Research
Publisher:	Elsevier Science Ltd.
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepag...
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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