Progress in Atmospheric Physics : Proceedings of the 15th Annual Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods, Held in Granada, Spain, 6–11 September 1987

This book contains some of the papers presented at the 15th Annual Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods which was held in Granada, Spain, from Septe~ber 6 through September 11, 1987 and hosted by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andaluda of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientfficas (Spanish Higher Res~arch Council). Fifty scientists from 14 different countries attended the Meeting. A number of review papers were invited but the participants were also allowed to submit the papers of their own choice. The final program was organized in 7 sessions devoted to different scientific subjects of Atmospheric Research. Many thanks are due to Drs. D.J. Baker, D.R. Bates, R.G.H. Greer, E.J. Llewellyn, T.G. Slanger, F.W. Taylor and G. Witt who served as chairmen of the sessions during the Meeting and contributed greatly to its success by carefully directing the discussion period in a stimulating manner after each lecture. We wish to thank the referees who have been so helpful with careful and fruitful comments to improve the quality of the papers published in this book. The scientific program was divided into three parts: Aeronomy, Atmospheric Emissions, and Aurora and Instrumentation. Detailed programs for these sections, and their subsequent editing, were the responsability of the undersigned. Some of the authors presenting papers at the Meeting declined the invitation to publish their manuscripts in the present book for different reasons. Our thanks to all of them for their attendance and presentation. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Oxygen Nightglow....Pages 3-31 Studies of Planetary Atmospheres by Optical Methods....Pages 33-45 Lidar Measurements of Stratospheric and Mesospheric Density: Preliminary Results....Pages 47-55 Ozone Measurements at High Latitudes....Pages 57-59 Measurements of Wind in the Upper Atmosphere: First Results of the Micado Instrument....Pages 61-73 Front Matter....Pages 75-75 Modeling of Mesospheric OH Airglow Fluctuations and Waves Using S -Domain Radiance Transferance....Pages 77-95 Oxygen Aeronomy and the Nightglow: A Compact Critique....Pages 97-107 Contamination Glow Observed During Two Rocket Sounding Experiments....Pages 109-119 Interaction Radiation Dynamics in the Atmosphere....Pages 121-130 Evidence for Non-Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium in the v 3 Mode of Mesospheric CO 2 from Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder Measurements....Pages 131-149 Rocket Measurements of the O 2 Infrared Atmospheric (0-0) Band in the Nightglow: The Vestigial Dayglow Components....Pages 151-166 Tidal Temperature Variations in the High Latitude Mesopause Region as Observed in the OH Night Airglow Emissions....Pages 167-176 Infrared Airglow....Pages 177-186 Front Matter....Pages 187-187 Half Bounce-Period Auroral Pulsations....Pages 189-196 On the Use of Topside Auroral Images Together with Various Ground-Based Data to Study Local and Global Auroral Development....Pages 197-211 Ground Based and Space Borne Instrumentation for Atmospheric Trace Species Measurements by UV-Visible Spectrometer....Pages 213-222 Esrange Scientific Optical Instrumentation....Pages 223-228 4.3 μm Radiation in the Aurorally Dosed Lower Thermosphere: Modeling and Analysis....Pages 229-237 Back Matter....Pages 239-248 This book contains some of the papers presented at the 15th Annual Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods which was held in Granada, Spain, from Septe~ber 6 through September 11, 1987 and hosted by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andaluda of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientfficas (Spanish Higher Res~arch Council). Fifty scientists from 14 different countries attended the Meeting. A number of review papers were invited but the participants were also allowed to submit the papers of their own choice. The final program was organized in 7 sessions devoted to different scientific subjects of Atmospheric Research. Many thanks are due to Drs. D.J. Baker, D.R. Bates, R.G.H. Greer, E.J. Llewellyn, T.G. Slanger, F.W. Taylor and G. Witt who served as chairmen of the sessions during the Meeting and contributed greatly to its success by carefully directing the discussion period in a stimulating manner after each lecture. We wish to thank the referees who have been so helpful with careful and fruitful comments to improve the quality of the papers published in this book. The scientific program was divided into three parts: Aeronomy, Atmospheric Emissions, and Aurora and Instrumentation. Detailed programs for these sections, and their subsequent editing, were the responsibility of the undersigned. Some of the authors presenting papers at the Meeting declined the invitation to publish their manuscripts in the present book for different reasons. Our thanks to all of them for their attendance and presentation Proceedings of the 15th Annual Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods, held in Granada, Spain, September 6-11, 1987