A novel infrared imager for studies of hydroxyl and oxygen nightglow emissions in the mesopause above northern Scandinavia

Dalin, Peter; Brändström, Urban; Kero, Johan; Voelger, Peter; Nishiyama, Takanori; Trondsen, Trond; Wyatt, Devin; Unick, Craig; Perminov, Vladimir; Pertsev, Nikolay; Hedin, Jonas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-1561-2024

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-1561-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-1561-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

Research article

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15 Mar 2024

Research article |

| 15 Mar 2024

A novel infrared imager for studies of hydroxyl and oxygen nightglow emissions in the mesopause above northern Scandinavia

Peter Dalin, Urban Brändström, Johan Kero, Peter Voelger, Takanori Nishiyama, Trond Trondsen, Devin Wyatt, Craig Unick, Vladimir Perminov, Nikolay Pertsev, and Jonas Hedin

Data sets

Data for a novel infrared imager for studies of hydroxyl and oxygen emissions in the mesopause above northern Scandinavia Peter Dalin https://doi.org/10.5878/cn8x-d486

Short summary

A novel infrared imaging instrument (OH imager) was put into operation in November 2022 at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics in Kiruna (Sweden). The OH imager is dedicated to the study of nightglow emissions coming from the hydroxyl (OH) and molecular oxygen (O₂) layers in the mesopause (80–100 km). Based on a brightness ratio of two OH emission lines, the neutral temperature is estimated at around 87 km. The average daily winter temperature for the period January–April 2023 is 203±10 K.