Development of an Advanced OH Mesospheric Temperature Mapper for Correlative Dynamical Studies at the ALOMAR Arctic Observatory (69 degree N)

摘要

This report summarizes work performed under DURIP grant No F49620-02- 1-0258, awarded to the Space Dynamics Laboratory, Utah State University Research Foundation (USURF) for the design and development of a novel infrared image for mapping mesospheric temperature and its variability at high- latitudes. This instrument concept was proposed by Dr. M. Taylor and Dr. W. P. Pendleton, Jr. and utilized state-of-the-art system components to achieve a new capability in wide-field (120 deg) narrow band ((caret)2 nm) measurements of the mesospheric OH Meinel nightglow emissions (altitude (caret) 87 km) to study atomospheric radiance and temperature changes with high spatial and temporal precision.