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Christensen 1976
Christensen, A.B. (1976). A rocket measurement of the extreme ultraviolet dayglow. Geophysical Research Letters 3: doi: 10.1029/GL003i004p00221. issn: 0094-8276.

Extreme ultraviolet spectra of the mid-latitude dayglow in the wavelength range of 550 to 1250A have been obtained with a rocket borne grating spectrometer at a resolution of 20A. Spectra were obtained in the altitude range of 140 to 280 km. The spectra are dominated by emissions from atomic multiplets and no molecular bands have been identified with certainty. The strongest emissions other than H Lyman-alpha are OI(989) and OII(834). Other prominent emissions include HeI(584), NII(916) and NII(1085). An unexpected feature near 612A has an intensity comparable to HeI(584).

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