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Dymond et al. 2003

Dymond, K.F., Wolfram, K.D., Budzien, S.A., Nicholas, A.C., McCoy, R.P. and Thomas, R.J. (2003). Middle ultraviolet emission from ionized iron. Geophysical Research Letters 30: doi: 10.1029/2002GL015060. issn: 0094-8276.

We present middle ultraviolet spectra between 2300 and 2700 ¿ showing emissions due to singly ionized iron and magnesium. The spectra were observed by the Ionospheric Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Chemistry (ISAAC) instrument on the United States Air Force's Advanced Research and Global Observing Satellite (ARGOS). The emission from ionized magnesium has been previously observed and studied; however, the ionized iron lines near 2400 and 2600 ¿ are newly identified in the Earth's middle ultraviolet dayglow spectrum. Newly calculated fluorescence efficiencies for excitation of the optical emissions are also presented.

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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Airglow and aurora, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Ion chemistry of the atmosphere (2419, 2427), Ionosphere, Ion chemistry and composition, Ionosphere, Ionospheric dynamics

Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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