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NIGHTGLOW: An Instrument to Measure the Earth's Nighttime Ultraviolet Glow Results from the First Engineering Flight.

N20040182459

Publication Date	2004
Personal Author	Barbier, L. M.; Smith, R.; Murphy, S.; Christian, E. R.; Farley, R.; Krizmanic, J. F.; Mitchell, J. W.; Streitmatter, R. E.
Page Count	20
Abstract	We have designed and built an instrument to measure and monitor the 'nightglow' of the Earth's atmosphere in the near ultraviolet (NUV). In this paper we describe the design of this instrument, called NIGHTGLOW. NIGHTGLOW is designed to be flown-from a high altitude research balloon, and circumnavigate the globe. NIGHTGLOW is a NASA, University of Utah, and New Mexico State University project. A test flight took place from Palestine, Texas on July 5, 2000, lasting about 8 hours. The instrument performed well and landed safely in Stiles, Texas with little damage. The resulting measurements of the NUV nightglow are consistent with previous measurements from sounding rockets and balloons. The results will be presented and discussed.
Keywords	Earth atmosphere Measurements Monitoring Design Test flights NIGHTGLOW instrument Ultraviolet glow
Source Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Corporate Authors	National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, MD. Goddard Space Flight Center.; New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces. Physical Science Lab.; Utah Univ., Salt Lake City. Dept. of Physics.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Utah Univ., Salt Lake City. Dept. of Physics., New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces. Physical Science Lab. and National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200623

NIGHTGLOW: An Instrument to Measure the Earth's Nighttime Ultraviolet Glow Results from the First Engineering Flight.

NIGHTGLOW: An Instrument to Measure the Earth's Nighttime Ultraviolet Glow Results from the First Engineering Flight.
N20040182459

Publication Date	2004
Personal Author	Barbier, L. M.; Smith, R.; Murphy, S.; Christian, E. R.; Farley, R.; Krizmanic, J. F.; Mitchell, J. W.; Streitmatter, R. E.
Page Count	20
Abstract	We have designed and built an instrument to measure and monitor the 'nightglow' of the Earth's atmosphere in the near ultraviolet (NUV). In this paper we describe the design of this instrument, called NIGHTGLOW. NIGHTGLOW is designed to be flown-from a high altitude research balloon, and circumnavigate the globe. NIGHTGLOW is a NASA, University of Utah, and New Mexico State University project. A test flight took place from Palestine, Texas on July 5, 2000, lasting about 8 hours. The instrument performed well and landed safely in Stiles, Texas with little damage. The resulting measurements of the NUV nightglow are consistent with previous measurements from sounding rockets and balloons. The results will be presented and discussed.
Keywords	Earth atmosphere Measurements Monitoring Design Test flights NIGHTGLOW instrument Ultraviolet glow
Source Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Corporate Authors	National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, MD. Goddard Space Flight Center.; New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces. Physical Science Lab.; Utah Univ., Salt Lake City. Dept. of Physics.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Utah Univ., Salt Lake City. Dept. of Physics., New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces. Physical Science Lab. and National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200623