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Analysis of the direction of the twilight sky background polarization as a tool for selecting single scattering

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The direction of the twilight sky background polarization on the celestial sphere far from the solar vertical depends on the ratio of single and multiple scattering contributions. Variations in the polarization direction during twilight reflect the evolution of the properties and background emission components and can be used to control the procedure of selecting single scattering. This makes it possible to specify the temperature measurements according to the molecular scattering of solar emission and the contribution of dust scattering in the upper mesosphere. The results of the temperature measurements during the observations in 2011–2015 have been presented.

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  1. Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    O. S. Ugolnikov & I. A. Maslov

  2. Shternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia

    I. A. Maslov

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Original Russian Text © O.S. Ugolnikov, I.A. Maslov, 2017, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2017, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 179–188.

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Ugolnikov, O.S., Maslov, I.A. Analysis of the direction of the twilight sky background polarization as a tool for selecting single scattering. Cosmic Res 55, 169–177 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S001095251703008X

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