Model for generating UV images at satellite altitudes

Robin J. Cox; Douglas J. Strickland; R. P. Barnes; Donald E. Anderson Jr.; Larry J. Paxton; Robert R. Meier

doi:10.1117/12.140847

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22 January 1993 A model for generating UV images at satellite altitudes

Robin J. Cox, Douglas J. Strickland, R. P. Barnes, Donald E. Anderson Jr., Larry J. Paxton, Robert R. Meier

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Proceedings Volume 1764, Ultraviolet Technology IV; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.140847
Event: San Diego '92, 1992, San Diego, CA, United States

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Vertical perspective, mercator, and tilted perspective projection images are presented which contain calculated dayglow, nightglow, and aurora. These images are discussed in terms of their structure's sources, which encompass composition variations, solar zenith angle changes, and changes in the path length experienced on going from disk-viewing to limb-viewing. Both a global thermospheric model (MSIS-86) and a global ionospheric model (the International Reference Ionosphere) are used to respectively specify neutral composition and the profiles of OI and OII.

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Robin J. Cox, Douglas J. Strickland, R. P. Barnes, Donald E. Anderson Jr., Larry J. Paxton, and Robert R. Meier "A model for generating UV images at satellite altitudes", Proc. SPIE 1764, Ultraviolet Technology IV, (22 January 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.140847

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