Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Physical Sciences and Mathematics Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Catching Mesospheric Gravity Waves Over Bear Lake, Utah, Kelly Osborne
Catching Mesospheric Gravity Waves Over Bear Lake, Utah, Kelly Osborne
Physics Capstone Projects
The Utah State Mesospheric Temperature Mapper (MTM) is a high resolution CCD imager capable of remote sensing faint optical emissions from the night sky to determine mesospheric temperature and its variability at an altitude of ~87 km (or 50 miles). The MTM was operated at the Bear Lake Observatory (BLO) for a two year period (Jan 2012 – Dec 2013) to investigate the seasonal characteristics of temperature variability at mid-latitudes.
This study was to be done from March 2013 – April 2014 but due to issues with the data in late 2013 it was changed to January 2013 - December …