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Estimation of potential abilities of middle atmosphere density measurements from a near-Earth orbit within the UV wavelength range

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Analysis of errors in atmospheric density measurements by lidar on board the ISS is performed. It is shown that using as the lidar transmitter a Nd:YAG laser with moderate parameters of emission at a wavelength of 353 nm and a receiving mirror diameter of 0.4 m, it is possible to cover with a 10% measurement error a height range, on average, from 40–60 km and 30–40 km in the nighttime and daytime, respectively, down to the troposphere. Working with emission at 266 nm with a 10% error, it is possible to move to the heights of the mesosphere (70 km) and penetrate the atmosphere down to a height of 40 km. Thus, the use of two harmonics makes it possible to assimilate the height range of atmospheric density measurements from on board the ISS beginning from 70 km and down to the troposphere.

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  1. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia

    V. N. Marichev & D. A. Bochkovskii

  2. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Korolev, Russia

    I. V. Sorokin

  3. Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Radiowave Propagation, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kamchatka Region, Elizovskii District, Paratunka, Russia

    V. V. Bychkov

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Original Russian Text © V.N. Marichev, D.A. Bochkovskii, I.V. Sorokin, V.V. Bychkov, 2016, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2016, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 217–228.

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Marichev, V.N., Bochkovskii, D.A., Sorokin, I.V. et al. Estimation of potential abilities of middle atmosphere density measurements from a near-Earth orbit within the UV wavelength range. Cosmic Res 54, 205–216 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952516030047

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