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A theory is presented to explain tidally induced oscillations in the emission intensity I and rotational temperature T of the OH nightglow. The theory includes photochemical reactions among H, O, O 3 , OH, and HO 2 and the complete dynamics of tides in an isothermal, uniformly rotating atmosphere. The ratio refers to a perturbation quantity and the overbar signifies an average) depends on basic state atmospheric structure, minor constituent scale heights, especially that of O , and altitude of OH emission. For both semidiurnal and diurnal migrating modes, η has an amplitude in the approximate range 1–2.5 and a phase between about 10° and 30°.
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Walterscheid et al. (1987) studied this question.
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