Optical Mesosphere Thermosphere
Imagers (OMTI)

Solar-Terrestrial Enviroment Laboratory, Nagoya University


      The Optical Mesosphere Thermosphere Imagers (OMTI) were developed at the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, in order to investigate the dynamics of the upper atmosphere through nocturnal airglow emissions. In this homepage, plots of intensity, two-dimensional images, and rotational temperatures of nocturnal airglow obtained at two Japanese stations (Shigaraki and Rikubetsu) are available.

      PLEASE CONTACT the Principal Investigators, K. Shiokawa or T. Ogawa before using these data for any publications and/or presentations. The OMTI have been developed in collaboration with Y. Katoh, M. Satoh, and M. K. Ejiri of the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, T. Nakamura and T. Tsuda of the Radio Atmospheric Science Center, Kyoto University, and R. H. Wiens of the Center for Research in Earth and Space Science, York University.

Please note that the data are just for browsing purpose and are not fully calibrated.

  1. Important Notes
  2. Station Locations, Observed Airglow Lines, and Time Resolutions
  3. Figure Captions
  4. Instrumental Paper (Shiokawa et al. [1999])
  5. Instrumental Configuration
  6. Picture of the Instruments
  7. Sky Condition (1-hour value)
Data Plots

Contact Address

Dr. Kazuo Shiokawa and Professor Tadahiko Ogawa
Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University
3-13, Honohara, Toyokawa, Aichi 442-8507, Japan
tel: 81-533-89-5168 fax: 81-533-89-1539
e-mail: shiokawa[AT]stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp or ogawa[AT]stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp


Acknowledgements

      We are grateful to Drs. M. Ishii, H. Fukunishi, H. Nakajima, S. Okano, Y. Takahashi, and M. Taguchi for their helpful comments and suggestions during the development of OMTI. Mr. R. Maekawa is greatly acknowledged for his skillful help to construct the automatic control software for the cameras. The all-sky cameras and the photometers were calibrated using facilities at the National Institute of Polar Research, Japan. The observations at Shigaraki were carried out in collaboration with T. Nakamura and T. Tsuda of the Radio Science Center for Space and Atmosphere, Kyoto University. The MU radar at Shigaraki belongs to and is operated by the Radio Science Center for Space and Atmosphere, Kyoto University. The Web browsers for OMTI plots have been developed in cooperation with Dr. F. Abe in the Center for Joint Observations and Data Processing, STE Laboratory.

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