Maynooth Optical Aeronomical Facility

Francis J. Mulligan; Rick J. Niciejewski

doi:10.1117/12.187022

1 December 1994 Maynooth Optical Aeronomical Facility

Francis J. Mulligan, Rick J. Niciejewski

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 33, Issue 12, (December 1994). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187022

Abstract

Ground-based measurements of upper atmospheric parameters, such as temperature and wind velocity, can be made by observing airglow emissions that have a well-defined altitude profile and that are known to be representative of the emitting region. We describe the optical observatory at Maynooth (53.23° N, 6.4° W) at which two instruments, a Fabry-Pérot interferometer and a Fourier transform spectrometer, are used to record atmospheric airglow emissions in Ireland at visible and near-infrared wavelengths, respectively. Descriptions of the instruments, data acquisition, and analysis procedures are provided, together with some sample results.

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Francis J. Mulligan and Rick J. Niciejewski "Maynooth Optical Aeronomical Facility," Optical Engineering 33(12), (1 December 1994). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187022

Published: 1 December 1994

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