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01 Apr 2015
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| 01 Apr 2015
OH populations and temperatures from simultaneous spectroscopic observations of 25 bands
Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25/8, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
W. Kausch
Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25/8, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Department of Astrophysics, University of Vienna, Türkenschanzstr. 17, 1180 Vienna, Austria
S. Kimeswenger
Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25/8, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Instituto de Astronom\'ia, Universidad Católica del Norte, Avenida Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile
S. Unterguggenberger
Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25/8, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
A. M. Jones
Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25/8, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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We discuss a high-quality data set of simultaneous observations of 25 OH bands with an astronomical echelle spectrograph. These data allowed us to analyse band-dependent OH populations and temperatures. In particular, we could find different non-LTE contributions to OH rotational temperatures depending on band, line set, and observing time. This is critical for mesopause studies that use these temperatures as a proxy of the true temperatures.
We discuss a high-quality data set of simultaneous observations of 25 OH bands with an...
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