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<dl><dd>Thesis advisor(s): Cleary, David D</dd>
<dd>"December 1993."</dd>
<dd>Thesis (M.S. in Applied Physics) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1993</dd>
<dd>Bibliography: p. 62</dd>
<dd>Middle ultraviolet spectra of the atmospheric airglow were obtained from a March 1992 rocket flight of the NPS MUSTANG instrument. These spectra are analyzed from 1900 A to 3 100 A, over an altitude range of 100 km to 320 km. The data are modeled with computer generated synthetic spectra for the following emissions: N2 Vegard Kaplan (VK); N2 Lyman-Birge-Hopfield (LBH; and NO Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon bands. A best fit procedure was developed. The resulting synthetic spectra agree well with obtained airglow data. Confirmation was made of the theoretical self absorption versus non-self absorption processes of the NO (0,0), (1,0), (2,0) gamma resonance band emissions. NO self absorption is a necessary inclusion of any atmospheric nitric oxide analysis stratagem. Profiles of temperature versus altitude and NO column density versus altitude for the rocket flight are estimated</dd>
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<dd>US Navy (USN) author</dd></dl><br>Subjects:</div>
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Marron, Antony C.</div>
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