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Zaragoza et al. 1998

Zaragoza, G., López-Puertas, M., López-Valverde, M.Á. and Taylor, F.W. (1998). The detection of the hydroxyl nightglow layer in the mesosphere by ISAMS/UARS. Geophysical Research Letters 25: doi: 10.1029/98GL51841. issn: 0094-8276.

Measurements of night-time radiance near 4.6 &mgr;m by the ISAMS instrument on board the UARS satellite exhibit an enhancement in the upper mesosphere. We show in this work that this increase around 85 km tangent height is due to the OH(9--8) and OH(8--7) Meinel bands. The ISAMS database therefore contains valuable information on the variability over a seasonal cycle of the OH high vibrational populations from which the chemical heating of the upper mesosphere can be derived. ¿ 1998 American Geophysical Union

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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—composition and chemistry, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Airglow and aurora, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—energy deposition, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—constituent transport and chemistry

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Geophysical Research Letters
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