Search Results - "McDade, I. C."

On the dependence of the OH Meinel emission altitude on vibrational level: SCIAMACHY observations and model simulations by von Savigny, C., McDade, I. C., Eichmann, K.-U., Burrows, J. P.

“…Measurements of the OH Meinel emissions in the terrestrial nightglow are one of the standard ground-based techniques to retrieve upper mesospheric…”
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The Wind Imaging Interferometer (WINDII) on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite: A 20 year perspective by Shepherd, G. G., Thuillier, G., Cho, Y.-M., Duboin, M.-L., Evans, W. F. J., Gault, W. A., Hersom, C., Kendall, D. J. W., Lathuillère, C., Lowe, R. P., McDade, I. C., Rochon, Y. J., Shepherd, M. G., Solheim, B. H., Wang, D.-Y., Ward, W. E.

“…The Wind Imaging Interferometer (WINDII) was launched on the NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite on 12 September 1991 and operated until 2003. Its role…”
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On the impact of the temporal variability of the collisional quenching process on the mesospheric OH emission layer: a study based on SD-WACCM4 and SABER by Kowalewski, S, von Savigny, C, Palm, M, McDade, I. C, Notholt, J

“…The mesospheric OH Meinel emissions are subject of many theoretical and observational studies devoted to this part of the atmosphere. Depending on the initial…”
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Mesopause temperatures during the polar mesospheric cloud season by Sheese, P. E., Llewellyn, E. J., Gattinger, R. L., Bourassa, A. E., Degenstein, D. A., Lloyd, N. D., McDade, I. C.

“…For the first time OSIRIS has derived and analyzed mesopause region temperatures at the summer poles. Temperatures have been derived from observations of O2…”
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The roles of vertical advection and eddy diffusion in the equatorial mesospheric semi-annual oscillation (MSAO) by Gattinger, R. L, Kyrölä, E, Boone, C. D, Evans, W. F. J, Walker, K. A, McDade, I. C, Bernath, P. F, Llewellyn, E. J

“…Observations of the mesospheric semi-annual oscillation (MSAO) in the equatorial region have been reported dating back several decades. Seasonal variations in…”
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NO2 air afterglow and O and NO densities from Odin-OSIRIS night and ACE-FTS sunset observations in the Antarctic MLT region by Gattinger, R. L., McDade, I. C., Alfaro Suzán, A. L., Boone, C. D., Walker, K. A., Bernath, P. F., Evans, W. F. J., Degenstein, D. A., Yee, J.-H., Sheese, P., Llewellyn, E. J.

“…The continuum spectrum produced by the NO + O(+M) → NO2(+M) + hv chemiluminescent reaction has been detected in the upper mesospheric dark polar regions by…”
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Stratospheric ozone profiles retrieved from limb scattered sunlight radiance spectra measured by the OSIRIS instrument on the Odin satellite by von Savigny, C., Haley, C. S., Sioris, C. E., McDade, I. C., Llewellyn, E. J., Degenstein, D., Evans, W. F. J., Gattinger, R. L., Griffioen, E., Kyrölä, E., Lloyd, N. D., McConnell, J. C., McLinden, C. A., Mégie, G., Murtagh, D. P., Solheim, B., Strong, K.

“…Stratospheric ozone density profiles between 15 and 40 km altitude are derived from scattered sunlight limb radiance spectra measured with the Optical…”
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Airglow on Mars: Some model expectations for the OH Meinel bands and the O2 IR atmospheric band by GARCIA MUNOZ, A, MCCONNELL, J. C, MCDADE, I. C, MELO, S. M. L

“…This work presents model calculations of the diurnal airglow emissions from the OH Meinel bands and the O2 IR atmospheric band in the neutral atmosphere of…”
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Comparison of the Odin/OSIRIS stratospheric ozone profiles with coincident POAM III and ozonesonde measurements by Petelina, S. V., Llewellyn, E. J., Degenstein, D. A., Lloyd, N. D., Gattinger, R. L., Haley, C. S., von Savigny, C., Griffioen, E., McDade, I. C., Evans, W. F. J., Murtagh, D. P., de La Noe, J.

“…We present first statistical comparison results for stratospheric ozone density profiles retrieved from Odin/OSIRIS limb scattered radiance with 1220…”
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Atomic oxygen densities retrieved from Optical Spectrograph and Infrared Imaging System observations of O2 A-band airglow emission in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere by Sheese, P. E., McDade, I. C., Gattinger, R. L., Llewellyn, E. J.

“…Atomic oxygen densities, [O], have been retrieved from Optical Spectrograph and Infrared Imaging System (OSIRIS) observations of the O2 (b1Σg+, v′ = 0 − X3Σg+,…”
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OSIRIS: A Decade of Scattered Light by McLinden, C. A., Bourassa, A. E., Brohede, S., Cooper, M., Degenstein, D. A., Evans, W. J. F., Gattinger, R. L., Haley, C. S., Llewellyn, E. J., Lloyd, N. D., Loewen, P., Martin, R. V., McConnell, J. C., McDade, I. C., Murtagh, D., Rieger, L., von Savigny, C., Sheese, P. E., Sioris, C. E., Solheim, B., Strong, K.

“…On 20 February 2001, a converted Russian ICBM delivered Odin, a small Swedish satellite, into low Earth orbit. One of the sensors onboard is a small Canadian…”
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The stratospheric wind interferometer for transport studies (swift) by Shepherd, G.G., McDade, I.C., Gault, W.A., Rochon, Y.J., Scott, A., Rowlands, N., Buttner, G.

“…The Stratospheric Wind Interferometer For Transport studies (SWIFT) is an instrument intended to measure winds to an accuracy of 5 m s −1 or better in the…”
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The photochemistry of the MLT oxygen airglow emissions and the expected influences of tidal perturbations by McDade, I.C

“…The photochemistry of the oxygen related nighttime airglow emissions of the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) region is reviewed. Emphasis is…”
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Lower thermospheric nitric oxide concentrations derived from WINDII observations of the green nightglow continuum at 553.1 nm by VON SAVIGNY, C. H. A, MCDADE, I. C, SHEPHERD, G. G, ROCHON, Y

“…Vertical profiles of nitric oxide in the altitude range 90 to 105 km are derived from 553 nm nightglow continuum measurements made with the Wind Imaging…”
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A reference model for atomic oxygen in the terrestrial atmosphere by Llewellyn, E.J., McDade, I.C.

“…The various methods that have been used to measure, or derive, the atomic oxygen profile in the atmosphere are discussed briefly. It is suggested that while…”
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An assessment of a method for recovering atomic oxygen density profiles from column integrated nightglow intensity measurements by Haley, C.S., McDade, I.C., Melo, S.M.L.

“…In this paper we evaluate a novel technique for recovering atomic oxygen density profiles in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) region from…”
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Polar vortex evolution during the 2002 Antarctic major warming as observed by the Odin satellite by Ricaud, P., Lefèvre, F., Berthet, G., Murtagh, D., Llewellyn, E. J., Mégie, G., Kyrölä, E., Leppelmeier, G. W., Auvinen, H., Boonne, C., Brohede, S., Degenstein, D. A., de La Noë, J., Dupuy, E., El Amraoui, L., Eriksson, P., Evans, W. F. J., Frisk, U., Gattinger, R. L., Girod, F., Haley, C. S., Hassinen, S., Hauchecorne, A., Jimenez, C., Kyrö, E., Lautié, N., Le Flochmoën, E., Lloyd, N. D., McConnell, J. C., McDade, I. C., Nordh, L., Olberg, M., Pazmino, A., Petelina, S. V., Sandqvist, A., Seppälä, A., Sioris, C. E., Solheim, B. H., Stegman, J., Strong, K., Taalas, P., Urban, J., von Savigny, C., von Scheele, F., Witt, G.

“…In September 2002 the Antarctic polar vortex split in two under the influence of a sudden warming. During this event, the Odin satellite was able to measure…”
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Laboratory measurements required for upper atmospheric remote sensing of atomic oxygen by McDade, I.C

“…The oxygen airglow emissions of the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere are reviewed in order to demonstrate how the densities of atomic oxygen can be…”
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Interference filter spectral imaging of twilight O+(2P-2D) emission by Y. Ma, R. N. Peterson, S. P. Zhang, I. C. McDade, R. H. Wiens, G. G. Shepherd

“…A spectral imager specifically designed to measure the O+(2P-2D) emission in the thermosphere during twilight has been constructed and tested in Toronto…”
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The O(1S) dayglow emission as observed by the WIND imaging interferometer on the UARS by SINGH, V, MCDADE, I. C, SHEPHERD, G. G, SOLHEIM, B. H, WARD, W. E

“…Volume emission rate profiles of the O(1D-1S) 5577 Å dayglow measured by the WIND imaging interferometer on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite are…”
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