A TEMPERATURE CURVE FOR THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE FROM 80 TO 160 KM BASED ON 3 914 Å N2+ ROTATIONAL TEMPERATURES IN AURORA
- 1 October 1965
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Physics
- Vol. 43 (10) , 1697-1700
- https://doi.org/10.1139/p65-164
Abstract
Rotational temperatures derived from the 3 914 Å N2+ band in aurora along with simultaneous height measurements have been obtained in 1964 and 1965 for 75 points. The heights range from 82.5 km to 161.5 km and, from the average curve plotted, the gradient above about 95 km is 4.9°/km. Above that height the plot appears to be linear. Large differences in temperature from the average are thought to be considerably in excess of the maximum error expected, and may indicate variations in temperature in this zone for any given height.Keywords
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