Date of Award
Spring 2005
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Master of Science in Space Science
Department
Physical Sciences
Committee Chair
Peter Erdman
Committee Member
John Olivera
Committee Member
Gulamabas Sivjee
Committee Member
Irfan Azeem
Committee Member
James Wanliss
Abstract
In order to broaden current knowledge of a particular vehicle induced atmospheric glow, a modified Ebert-Fastie Spectrograph was designed and built at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for rocket borne observations of this glow. This instrument became a piggy-back payload on the Terrier-Orion SAMPLER 41.025 rocket payload launched from White Sands Missile Range in July, 2003. A photodiode detector array measured the mesospheric hydroxyl airglow emissions during the initial ascent as well as the vehicle induced glow through the mesopause at eight discreet bandpasses. Data collected shows moderate agreement with previous measurements by Murtagh et al. [1997] and Lopez-Moreno et al. [1985] over similar wavelengths. With this data we attempt to show some correlations between the hydroxyl airglow and the vehicle induced glow.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Burke, Damon, "Rocket Borne Measurements of a Near-Infrared Vehicle Induced Emission with a Newly Designed Spectrograph" (2005). Master's Theses - Daytona Beach. 25.
https://commons.erau.edu/db-theses/25
