Rocket Borne Measurements of a Near-Infrared Vehicle Induced Emission with a Newly Designed Spectrograph

<p>In order to broaden current knowledge of a particular vehicle induced atmospheric glow, a modified Ebert-Fastie Spectrograph was designed and built at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for rocket borne observations of this glow. This instrument became a piggy-back payload on the Terrier-Orion SAMPLER 41.025 rocket payload launched from White Sands Missile Range in July, 2003. A photodiode detector array measured the mesospheric hydroxyl airglow emissions during the initial ascent as well as the vehicle induced glow through the mesopause at eight discreet bandpasses. Data collected shows moderate agreement with previous measurements by Murtagh et al. [1997] and Lopez-Moreno et al. [1985] over similar wavelengths. With this data we attempt to show some correlations between the hydroxyl airglow and the vehicle induced glow.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Space Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - Open Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physical Sciences

Year

2005

Author dc:creator

• Burke, Damon

Contributors dc:contributor

• Peter Erdman
• John Olivera
• Gulamabas Sivjee

• spectrograph
• measurements
• atmospheric glow
• Atmospheric Sciences
• Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.erau.edu/db-theses/25

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.erau.edu:db-theses-1030