Waves in airglow structures experiment 2004: Overview and preliminary results

Overview and preliminary results of a coordinated rocket and ground-based measurement campaign, Waves in Airglow Structures Experiment 2004 (WAVE2004), are presented. The aim of the campaign is to understand the formation process of wavy structures in the airglow from both dynamical and chemical asp...

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Published inAdvances in space research Vol. 35; no. 11; pp. 1964 - 1970
Main Authors Iwagami, N., Ohtsuki, S., Akojima, M., Kubota, M., Murayama, Y., Kawamura, S., Yoshimura, R., Nakamura, T., Yamamoto, H., Sekiguchi, H., Kimura, N., Shiokawa, K., Okada, T., Ishisaka, K., Ashihara, Y., Kaiho, Y., Abo, M., Abe, T., Koizumi, Y., Oyama, K.-I.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2005
Subjects
Airglow
Atmospheric waves
Ground-based measurement
Rocket measurement
Ground-based measurement
Atmospheric waves
Rocket measurement
Airglow
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Summary:Overview and preliminary results of a coordinated rocket and ground-based measurement campaign, Waves in Airglow Structures Experiment 2004 (WAVE2004), are presented. The aim of the campaign is to understand the formation process of wavy structures in the airglow from both dynamical and chemical aspects. Na lidar was used to monitor the vertical structure of atmospheric waves continuously. Ground-based measurements operated from several days before the launch could detect various waves. The atomic oxygen density distribution found showed a single peak structure as usually expected instead of a double peak structure in the previous campaign.
ISSN:0273-1177
1879-1948
DOI:10.1016/j.asr.2005.02.022