Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1979

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Burnett, Clyde R.

Abstract

Spectroscopic observations were made of the resonance absorption of sunlight by the atmospheric hydroxyl radical (OH). The abundance of 0 terrestrial OH was measured from the Fritz Peak Observatory (39.92 N, 105.50°W) in Colorado during September of 1978. These measurements were made on the absorption of the P1 (1) line of the A^2sigma^+ - x^2pi(O , O) rotational band of OH at 3081.7 A. The instrument used was the PEPSIOS (Poly Etalon Pressure Scanned Interferometric Optical Spectrometer) because of its high luminosity - resolution product . The computer methods ·~sed in the analysis procedure are described . These measurements indicated an average daytime vertical column abundance of (5.40 ± 0.67) x 10^13 OH molecules/cm^2.

Extent

67 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.

Identifier

FADT13968

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