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Effect of water vapour absorption on hydroxyl temperatures measured from Svalbard

Effect of water vapour absorption on hydroxyl temperatures measured from Svalbard
Effect of water vapour absorption on hydroxyl temperatures measured from Svalbard
We model absorption by atmospheric water vapour of hydroxyl airglow emission using the HIgh-resolution TRANsmission molecular absorption database (HITRAN2012). Transmission coefficients are provided as a function of water vapour column density for the strongest OH Meinel emission lines in the (8–3), (5–1), (9–4), (8–4), and (6–2) vibrational bands. These coefficients are used to determine precise OH(8–3) rotational temperatures from spectra measured by the High Throughput Imaging Echelle Spectrograph (HiTIES), installed at the Kjell Henriksen Observatory (KHO), Svalbard. The method described in this paper also allows us to estimate atmospheric water vapour content using the HiTIES instrument.
atmospheric composition and structure (airglow and aurora)
0992-7689
481-491
Chadney, Joshua M.
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Whiter, Daniel K.
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Lanchester, Betty S.
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Chadney, Joshua M., Whiter, Daniel K. and Lanchester, Betty S. (2017) Effect of water vapour absorption on hydroxyl temperatures measured from Svalbard. Annales Geophysicae, 35, 481-491. (doi:10.5194/angeo-35-481-2017).

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We model absorption by atmospheric water vapour of hydroxyl airglow emission using the HIgh-resolution TRANsmission molecular absorption database (HITRAN2012). Transmission coefficients are provided as a function of water vapour column density for the strongest OH Meinel emission lines in the (8–3), (5–1), (9–4), (8–4), and (6–2) vibrational bands. These coefficients are used to determine precise OH(8–3) rotational temperatures from spectra measured by the High Throughput Imaging Echelle Spectrograph (HiTIES), installed at the Kjell Henriksen Observatory (KHO), Svalbard. The method described in this paper also allows us to estimate atmospheric water vapour content using the HiTIES instrument.

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 March 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 24 March 2017
Published date: 24 March 2017
Keywords: atmospheric composition and structure (airglow and aurora)
Organisations: Astronomy Group, Physics & Astronomy

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Local EPrints ID: 407138
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/407138
ISSN: 0992-7689
PURE UUID: 8328f265-64e3-481f-b2c6-4f12ec87fdfc
ORCID for Joshua M. Chadney: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5174-2114
ORCID for Daniel K. Whiter: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7130-232X

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Date deposited: 30 Mar 2017 01:07
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:58

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Author: Joshua M. Chadney ORCID iD
Author: Betty S. Lanchester

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