- 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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