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A Possible Auroral Enhancement of Infra-red Radiation emitted by Atmospheric Ozone

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DURING the early part of this year, the nocturnal atmospheric emission in the near infra-red (to 15 microns) has been observed at College, Alaska, using a standard Perkin–Elmer single-pass monochromator with a rock-salt prism and thermocouple detector. The instrument was directed toward the southern sky, at about 20° above the horizon, giving an optical path of about four air masses.

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  1. Harang, L., “The Aurorae” (Wiley and Sons, New York, 1951); Störmer, C., “The Polar Aurora” (Oxford, 1955).

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  1. Geophysical Institute, College, Alaska

    WALLACE B. MURCRAY

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MURCRAY, W. A Possible Auroral Enhancement of Infra-red Radiation emitted by Atmospheric Ozone. Nature 180, 139–140 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180139a0

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