Review of mesospheric temperature trends

G Beig, P Keckhut, RP Lowe, RG Roble… - Reviews of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
In recent times it has become increasingly clear that releases of trace gases from human
activity have a potential for causing change in the upper atmosphere. However, our …

Hydroxyl airglow observations for investigating atmospheric dynamics: results and challenges

S Wüst, M Bittner, PJ Espy, WJR French… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Measurements of hydroxyl (OH*) airglow intensity are a straightforward and cost-efficient
method which allows information to be derived about the climate and dynamics of the upper …

Kinetic parameters for OH nightglow modeling consistent with recent laboratory measurements

S Adler‐Golden - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
An improved kinetic model for the Meinel bands of OH has been constructed from rate
constants and Einstein A coefficients derived in recent laboratory experiments. Using a …

An 18-year time series of OH rotational temperatures and middle atmosphere decadal variations

M Bittner, D Offermann, HH Graef, M Donner… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2002 - Elsevier
Rotational temperatures are derived from measurements of the (3-1) transitions of the OH
Meinel bands. They are found to be a reasonable proxy for atmospheric kinetic temperatures …

Advanced mesospheric temperature mapper for high-latitude airglow studies

PD Pautet, MJ Taylor, WR Pendleton, Y Zhao… - Applied …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Over the past 60 years, ground-based remote sensing measurements of the Earth's
mesospheric temperature have been performed using the nighttime hydroxyl (OH) emission …

OH spectroscopy and chemistry investigated with astronomical sky spectra

PC Cosby, TG Slanger - Canadian journal of physics, 2007 - cdnsciencepub.com
Nous résumons l'utilisation d'un grand catalogue de spectres astronomiques du ciel pour
étudier différents aspects de la spectroscopie et de la chimie du ciel terrestre nocturne. Les …

Hydroxyl rotational temperature record from the auroral station in Adventdalen, Svalbard (78 N, 15 E)

F Sigernes, N Shumilov, CS Deehr… - Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
This is an evaluation of the daily mesospheric winter temperature series derived from more
than 20 years of ground‐based spectral measurements of the hydroxyl airglow layer from …

Atmospheric oxidation of new “green” solvents–Part 2: methyl pivalate and pinacolone

C Mapelli, JK Donnelly, ÚE Hogan… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Lab-based experimental and computational methods were used to study the atmospheric
degradation of two promising “green” solvents: pinacolone,(CH 3) 3 CC (O) CH 3, and …

OH populations and temperatures from simultaneous spectroscopic observations of 25 bands

S Noll, W Kausch, S Kimeswenger… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
OH rotational temperatures are widely used to derive mesopause temperatures and their
variations. Since most data sets are only based on a fixed set of lines of a single band, it is …

Hydroxyl (6/2) airglow emission intensity ratios for rotational temperature determination

WJR French, GB Burns, K Finlayson, PA Greet… - Annales …, 2000 - Springer
Abstract OH (6/2) Q1/P1 and R 1/P 1 airglow emission intensity ratios, for rotational states up
to j′= 4.5, are measured to be lower than implied by transition probabilities published by …