Terrestrial OH nightglow measurements during the Rosetta flyby

Migliorini, A.; Gérard, Jean-Claude; Soret, Lauriane; Piccioni, G.; Capaccioni, F.; Filacchione, G.; Snels, M.; Tosi, F.

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Terrestrial OH nightglow measurements during the Rosetta flyby

Migliorini, A.; Gérard, Jean-Claude; Soret, Lauriane et al.

2015 • In Geophysical Research Letters, 42

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airglow; remote sensing; hydroxyl; Rosetta; atmospheric composition

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[en] We present a study of the terrestrial hydroxyl nightglow emissions observed with the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer on board the Rosetta mission. During these observations, the OH Δv = 1 and 2 sequences were measured simultaneously. This allowed investigating the relative population of the v = 1 to 9 vibrational levels by using both sequences. In particular, the relative population of the vibrational level v = 1 is determined for the first time from observations. The vibrational population decreases with increasing vibrational quantum number. A good agreement is found with a recent model calculation assuming multiquantum relaxation for OH(v) quenching by O2 and single-quantum relaxation for OH(v) by N2.

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Space science, astronomy & astrophysics

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Migliorini, A.

Gérard, Jean-Claude ; Université de Liège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)

Soret, Lauriane ; Université de Liège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)

Piccioni, G.

Capaccioni, F.

Filacchione, G.

Snels, M.

Tosi, F.

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English

Title :

Terrestrial OH nightglow measurements during the Rosetta flyby

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June 2015

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Geophysical Research Letters

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0094-8276

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1944-8007

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Wiley, Washington, United States - District of Columbia

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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PRODEX

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BELSPO - Service Public Fédéral de Programmation Politique scientifique [BE]

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