Method of monitoring atomic oxygen and molecular nitrogen composition in the upper atmosphere on XUV images of the Sun

Method of monitoring atomic oxygen and molecular nitrogen composition in the upper atmosphere on XUV images of the Sun

A method for determining the basic atmosphere O/N 2 based on the solar observations is described. It is shown that, on XUV images of the Sun received by transillumination of the atmosphere, it is possible to observe its state controlling the O/N 2 ratio. The method allows local inhomogeneities of th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Geomagnetism and Aeronomy 2010-10, Vol.50 (5), p.679-685
Hauptverfasser: Mordovskaya, V. G., Ignat’ev, A. P., Boldyrev, S. I., Boldyrev, S. A., Ivanov-Kholodnyi, G. S., Kolomiitsev, O. P.
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Sprache:eng
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Atmosphere
Atmospheric sciences
Atoms & subatomic particles
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Geophysics/Geodesy
Monitoring methods
Sun
Ultraviolet astronomy
Upper atmosphere
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Zusammenfassung:A method for determining the basic atmosphere O/N 2 based on the solar observations is described. It is shown that, on XUV images of the Sun received by transillumination of the atmosphere, it is possible to observe its state controlling the O/N 2 ratio. The method allows local inhomogeneities of the upper atmosphere to be studied. Its abilities were demonstrated according to the SPIRIT complex on board the Coronas-F satellite.
ISSN:0016-7932
1555-645X
0016-7940
DOI:10.1134/S0016793210050154