Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회지)

The Korean Astronomical Society (한국천문학회)
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A MODEL FOR MUV AIRGLOW FROM THE UPPER ATOMOSPHERE ABOVE THE KOREAN PENINSULA

한반도 상공 고층대기의 중간 자외선 대기광 모델

  • MOON BONG-KON (Department of Astronomy & Space Science, Chungnam National University) ;
  • KIM YONG HA (Department of Astronomy & Space Science, Chungnam National University) ;
  • YI YU (Department of Astronomy & Space Science, Chungnam National University) ;
  • KIM JHOON (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
  • 문봉곤 (충남대학교 천문우주과학과) ;
  • 김용하 (충남대학교 천문우주과학과) ;
  • 이유 (충남대학교 천문우주과학과) ;
  • 김준 (한국항공우주연구원)
  • Published : 2001.04.01
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Abstract

For the planned experiments of Korea Sounding Rocket-III (KSR-III), we have constructed a model of MUV dayglow in the mid-latitude. The model computes relative intensities of individual emission lines in the Vegard-Kaplan and 2PG band systems of $N_2$ in the wavelength range of 2500-3500${\AA}$. In addition to the emission lines, solar scattered continuum was computed by an extended LOWTRAN7 code, in which we have included solar scattering in altitudes higher than 100 km by using MSIS90 thermosphere model. Ratios among vibrational bands of VK and 2PG system, were computed from the observed MUV dayglow spectra of Cleary et al. (1995). The model provides MUV dayglow intensitiy profiles with a wavelength resolution of 3.13${\AA}$ as a function of altitude. The computed intensity profiles have been utilized in designing the KSR-III airglow photometers.

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