Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Temperatures in the Upper Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere from O2 Atmospheric Band Emission Observed by ICON/MIGHTI. |
| Authors: |
Stevens, M. H.1 (AUTHOR) michael.stevens@nrl.navy.mil, Englert, C. R.1 (AUTHOR), Harlander, J. M.2 (AUTHOR), Marr, K. D.1 (AUTHOR), Harding, B. J.3 (AUTHOR), Triplett, C. C.3 (AUTHOR), Mlynczak, M. G.4 (AUTHOR), Yuan, T.5 (AUTHOR), Evans, J. S.6 (AUTHOR), Mende, S. B.3 (AUTHOR), Immel, Thomas J.3 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Space Science Reviews. Dec2022, Vol. 218 Issue 8, p1-32. 32p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*MESOSPHERE, *THERMOSPHERE, *MICHELSON interferometer, *TEMPERATURE, *ATMOSPHERIC oxygen, *RADIOMETRY |
| Company/Entity: |
UNITED States. National Aeronautics & Space Administration |
| Abstract: |
The Michelson Interferometer for Global High-resolution Thermospheric Imaging (MIGHTI) was launched aboard NASA's Ionospheric Connection (ICON) Explorer satellite in October 2019 to measure winds and temperatures on the limb in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT). Temperatures are observed using the molecular oxygen atmospheric band near 763 nm from 90–127 km altitude in the daytime and 90–108 km in the nighttime. Here we describe the measurement approach and methodology of the temperature retrieval, including unique on-orbit operations that allow for a better understanding of the instrument response. The MIGHTI measurement approach for temperatures is distinguished by concurrent observations from two different sensors, allowing for two self-consistent temperature products. We compare the MIGHTI temperatures against existing MLT space-borne and ground-based observations. The MIGHTI temperatures are within 7 K of these observations on average from 90–95 km throughout the day and night. In the daytime on average from 99–105 km, MIGHTI temperatures are higher than coincident observations by the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) instrument on NASA's TIMED satellite by 18 K. Because the difference between the MIGHTI and SABER observations is predominantly a constant bias at a given altitude, conclusions of scientific analyses that are based on temperature variations are largely unaffected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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