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Polar measurements of mesospheric CO

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Degree
BA, Oberlin College Honors Theses, Physics and Astronomy, .
Abstract
An optically thin layer of carbon monoxide in the Earth's mesosphere results in strong, sharp emission peaks at CO's rotational transition frequencies. The J = 2 → 1 and J = 4 → 3 transitions were observed by the Antarctic Sub-millimeter Telescope / Remote Observatory (AST/RO), located at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station. Mesospheric wind speeds were calculated from the Doppler shifts in emission spectra, as determined by least-squares fitting
Keywords
AST/RO; telescope; mesospheric; fitting; wind; ν0
Advisor
Christopher Martin

Document number: oberlin1119041096
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