Decay of O2(a1Δg) in the evening twilight airglow: Implications for the radiative lifetime

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1013-1016

  Pendleton, W R ^a   Baker, D J ^a   Reese, R J ^a,c   O'Neil, R R ^b,d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Phillips Laboratory   (United States)

^c IBM   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GERMANIUM; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOTODIODES; RADIATION DETECTORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ALTITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS; BAND EMISSION; COLLISIONAL QUENCHING; DECAY TIME CONSTANT; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; RADIATIVE LIFETIME; TIME CONSTANTS; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTRA;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN;

AUTUMNAL EQUINOX; DECAY TIME CONSTANTS; EINSTEIN COEFFICIENT; EVENING TWILIGHT; RADIATIVE LIFETIME; TWILIGHT DECAY MEASUREMENTS;

AIRGLOW; FOURIER TRANSFORM; FTIR; INFRARED METHOD; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; OXYGEN; RADIATIVE LIFETIME; TWILIGHT;

EID: 0030136358     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00946     Document Type: Article

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