Rocket Observations of Visible and Ultraviolet Dayglow Features

Transient decreases of Earth's far−ultraviolet dayglow

Ten years ago transient decreases in Earth's far−ultraviolet dayglow were reported for global images acquired with the high−altitude, polar−orbiting spacecraft Dynamics Explorer 1. These decreases were observed primarily in the atomic oxygen emissions at 130.4 nm. The diameters of these dark spots, or "atmospheric holes", were in the range of 50 to 100 km. Recently a sophisticated camera for im...

dayglow emission observed by the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer

[1] Terrestrial thermospheric dayglow emission from the coupled and overlapping c0 4 Su (0) and b0 Su (1) levels of molecular nitrogen, observed by the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, is analyzed with the aid of a coupled channels quantum mechanical model of N2 spectroscopy and predissociation dynamics. Model emission spectra for the mixed c0 4 Su (0) b0 Su(1) X Sg(vi = 2, 6–9) transiti...

European Ultraviolet-visible Observatory

Bleaching in Amphistegina gibbosa d’Orbigny (Class Foraminifera): observations from laboratory experiments using visible and ultraviolet light

Bleaching (visible loss of symbiont color) in populations of the diatom-bearing foraminifer Amphistegina has been recorded from reefs worldwide since 1991. Field studies and previous laboratory experiments have strongly implicated solar radiation as a factor in bleaching stress. The influence of spectral quality and quantity of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and ultraviolet radiation...

Ultraviolet Observations of Supernovae

The motivations to make ultraviolet (UV) studies of supernovae (SNe) are reviewed and discussed in the light of the results obtained so far by means of IUE and HST observations. It appears that UV studies of SNe can, and do lead to fundamental results not only for our understanding of the SN phenomenon, such as the kinematics and the metallicity of the ejecta, but also for exciting new findings...