Articles | Volume 14, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-6917-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-6917-2021
Research article
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01 Nov 2021
Research article |  | 01 Nov 2021

Deriving column-integrated thermospheric temperature with the N2 Lyman–Birge–Hopfield (2,0) band

Clayton Cantrall and Tomoko Matsuo

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This paper presents a new technique to determine temperature in the thermosphere from observations of far ultraviolet radiation emitted by molecular nitrogen. The technique utilizes a ratio of two far ultraviolet spectral channels to capture the thermosphere temperature signal. Applying the technique to NASA GOLD observations results in temperatures that agree well with other thermosphere observations during a geomagnetic disturbance.
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