Perfis verticais das intensidades do OI 5577, O2(0-1) e OH obtidos a partir de medidas fotométricas da luminescência atmosférica equatorial

Abstract

The airglow due to emissions of atmospheric species is a typical phenomenon of the high mesosphere and lower thermosphere region and has been used to study the dynamic and chemistry of the upper atmosphere. This work had as objective retrieve the atomic oxygen density [O] profile from atomic oxygen O, molecular oxygen (O ), and hydroxyl (OH) emissions, obtained by multichannel photometer at São João do Cariri - Brazil. The technique uses the Chapman distribution to represent the atomic oxygen profile in the MLT region together with data provided by the MSISE-00 model. The [O] density profiles for the year 2005 were used to reconstruct the OI 5577, O and OH height profiles obtained from ground-based airglow, and the results showed temporal behavior quite similar for the two first species, in which the maximum emission occurring in the early evening until ~ 22 hours, while the OH (6,2) emission rate has intensity peaks at different times during the year. The measurements obtained between 1998 and 2003 were used to study the emission seasonality with maximum volumetric emission rates registered during the equinoxes, in accordance with work already reported. The method showed useful and suitable for reconstruction of atomic oxygen density vertical profiles and, therefore, the OI 5577, O and OH height profiles.