Annales Geophysicae (Mar 1995)

Analysis of auroral infrared emissions observed during the ELIAS experiment

  • G. E. Caledonia,
  • R. E. Murphy,
  • R. M. Nadile,
  • A. J. Ratkowski

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-995-0247-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13
pp. 247 – 252

Abstract

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The ELIAS (Earth Limb Infrared Atmospheric Structure) experiment was flown from the Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska in 1983 and successfully monitored visible and infrared emissions from an IBC III+ aurora. Measurements were performed in both staring and scanning modes over several hundred seconds. The data for short- and mid-wave infrared regions have been analyzed in terms of auroral excitation of the NO and NO+ vibrational bands. Auroral excitation efficiencies and kinetic implications are presented.