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Title
Polar measurements of mesospheric CO
Author
Burrows, Susannah
Degree
BA, Oberlin College Honors Theses, Physics and Astronomy, 2005.
Advisor
Christopher Martin
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

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