Atomic oxygen concentrations from airglow measurements of atomic and molecular oxygen emissions in the nightglow

Simultaneous measurements of oxygen emissions can be used to derive the concentration of atomic oxygen in the atmosphere. The atomic oxygen profiles obtained from different emissions measured in the same campaign are used to test the photochemical mechanisms chosen to explain the different emissions in the scenario of atomic oxygen recombination. In this paper we derive and compare atomic oxygen profiles from nightglow observations of O2(a1Δg-X3 ∑g -), O2(b1∑g +-X3∑g -), O2(A3∑u +-X3∑g -), O2(A′3Δu-a1Δg), O2(c1∑u --X3∑g -) and O(1 S-1D) emissions, taken by different authors in different atmospheric conditions. © 1992.