Theoretical Support to NRL's Upper Atmospheric Branch: Physics and Chemistry ofthe Upper and Middle Atmospheres With Emphasis on Daytime, Nighttime, and Auroral Optical Emissions

摘要

Contents: Dayglow, nightglow, and auroral odd nitrogen studies; Using SUSIM tomeasure extinction by ozone; An orbital code to support studies on the use of SUSIM/UARS for measuring atmospheric extinction; Contamination of extinction profiles between 2500 and 3000 A due to stratospheric aerosols of volcanic origin; Documentation of key improvements to our dayglow model: synthetic spectra for any look direction; Rayleight scattering and dayglow background from 1200 to 3000 A.