Effect of atomic oxygen on the N2vibrational temperature in the lower thermosphere

Autor: Mary E. Brennan, Robert J. McNeal, Edward L. Breig
Rok vydání: 1973
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Zdroj: Journal of Geophysical Research. 78:1225-1228
ISSN: 0148-0227
DOI: 10.1029/ja078i007p01225
Popis: The effects on vibrational temperatures in the thermosphere, of recent laboratory measurements of the quenching of vibrationally excited nitrogen by atomic oxygen, are evaluated. The newly acquired data indicate vibrational temperatures that remain very close to the ambient kinetic temperature at all altitudes and local times. (Author)
Databáze: OpenAIRE