Retrieval of atmospheric quantities from remote sensing measurements of nightglow emissions in the MLT region / von Qiuyu Chen. Wuppertal, 2020
Content
Introduction
Composition and structure of the atmosphere
The mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT)
Atomic oxygen and hydrogen in the MLT
Atmospheric waves and temperature observations in the MLT
Remote sensing techniques and scientific applications
Atmospheric nightglow modeling
Hydroxyl nightglow emission
OH emission characterization
OH nightglow photochemistry
Volume emission rate of OH nightglow
Rotational structure of OH emission
OH nightglow observations
Oxygen atmospheric band emission
O2 A-band nightglow photochemistry
Volume emission rate of O2 A-band nightglow
The rotational structure of the O2 A-band
Radiative transfer of the O2 A-band
Methodology for the retrieval of atomic oxygen and hydrogen
Methodology for the retrieval of atmospheric temperature
Inverse modeling
Atomic oxygen and hydrogen derived from GOMOS OH airglow measurements
Measurements and data processing
Retrieval results of atomic oxygen
Atomic oxygen abundances
Error analysis
Spatial and temporal analysis
Comparison with SCIAMACHY data
Comparison with other datasets
Retrieval results of atomic hydrogen
Atmospheric temperature derived from GRIPS-F OH airglow measurements
Atmospheric temperature derived from AtmoSHINE O2 A-band measurements
In-orbit experiments and data processing
AtmoSHINE on Hongyun satellite
Instrument operation and performance
Data transmission and processing
Characterization of processed spectra
Result evaluation
Comparison of the results
Summary
Appendix
Chemical reaction parameters in OH airglow modeling
Collisional rate coefficients in OH airglow modeling
Fitting of collisional rate coefficients in OH airglow modeling for v=8
Selection of the collisional rate coefficients for OH(v=8)
Fitting of the collisional rate coefficients for OH(v=8)
O2 A-band nightglow modeling parameters
Multiple linear regression analysis of atomic oxygen for different cases
GRIPS-F dark current correction algorithm
GRIPS-F instrument line shape function
Three peak method for OH(3-1) rotational temperature retrieval
AtmoSHINE in-orbit tests
Acknowledgements
Acronyms
List of Figures
List of Tables
Bibliography