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Preliminary Data on Variations ofOH Airglow During the Leonid 1999 Meteor Storm

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volume

82

Publication Date

2000

First Page

525

Abstract

As part of the 1999 Leonid MAC Campaign an extensive set of infrared (1.00 - 1.65 µm) airglow spectra and imaging data were collected from onboard the USAF FISTA aircraft. These data will permit a detailed study of the upper atmospheric conditions over a several day period centered on the Leonid meteor storm of 17/18 November, 1999 as well as during the meteor storm itself. We describe initial results of a spectral analysis that indicates a small but significant enhancement in the OH airglow emission during the peak of the storm but we cannot yet be certain of a cause and effect relationship. No similar systematic enhancement was observed in the O_2 (1.27 µm) airglow emission recorded with the same instrument.

https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017016918056

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