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Degree

BA, Oberlin College Honors Theses, Physics and Astronomy, 2005.

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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