CEDAR: Imaging Studies of Mesospheric Gravity Waves

研究人员Gary Swenson和Chester Gardner开发了羟基自由基Meinel带气辉的模型关系，重点研究了强度或旋转温度的变化以及由于大气波扰动密度/温度的变化。现在，他们将验证这一模型的范围扩大到使用来自两个设施的数据。他们还使用了与原子氧的5577埃发射和氧分子大气波段气辉相同的强度关系。最后，他们正在开发气辉图像的光谱模型，以研究来自伊利诺伊州的Mesod战役数据，并将在阿尔伯克基升级和部署一台与星火后续行动相关的气辉成像仪。该项目的另一个好处是投资于与热层电离层、中间层能量和动力学(TIMED)卫星飞行任务有关的计划调查。

Investigators Gary Swenson and Chester Gardner developed a model relationship for the hydroxyl radical Meinel band airglow, focusing on the intensity or rotational temperature changes and changes due to atmospheric wave perturbed density/temperature. Now, they extend validating this model to use data from two facilities. They are also using the same relationship of intensity to the 5577 angstrom emission from atomic oxygen and the oxygen molecule atmospheric band airglow. Finally, they are developing spectral models of airglow images to study MesoD campaign data from Illinois, and will upgrade and field an airglow imager at Albuquerque, associated with a Starfire follow-on campaign. An added benefit to this project is its investment to planned investigations with the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) satellite mission.