Published 1981 | Version v1
Journal article

Observations of the aurora in the far ultraviolet from 'Cosmos-900'

  • 1. Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Institut Kosmicheskikh Issledovanii, Moscow, USSR
  • 2. Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Institut fuer Elektronik, Berlin, East Germany

Description

A description is presented of observational data of auroral emissions in the wavelength range from 115 to 135 nm. The data were obtained with the aid of the satellite Cosmos-900, which was launched on March 30, 1977 to an almost circular polar orbit at an altitude of 500 km and an inclination of 83 deg. The emissions recorded by the ionization chamber could be caused by Lyman-alpha emission, the nitrogen line at 120 nm, the triplet of oxygen emissions at 130.4 nm, and molecular nitrogen band emissions. Graphs are provided showing the data obtained on September 20, and on September 22, 1977

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Adv. Space Res.
Journal Volume
1
Journal Issue
12
Series
Adv. Space Res.
Journal Page Range
77-80
ISSN
0273-1177

Conference

Title
COSPAR topical meeting on life sciences and space research.
Dates
2 - 14 Jun 1980.
Place
Budapest (Hungary).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
14749587
Subject category
S58: GEOSCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
AURORAE; ELECTRON PRECIPITATION; EMISSION SPECTRA; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PROTON PRECIPITATION; SATELLITES; SPECTROSCOPY
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED-PARTICLE PRECIPITATION; DATA; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INFORMATION; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUMERICAL DATA; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-8006190--.