Precipitating electrons: Evidence for effects on mesospheric odd nitrogen

Autor:	J. E. Mazur, J. R. Cummings, J. Bernard Blake, G. M. Mason, Murali Natarajan, Robert E. Boughner, R. S. Selesnick, R. A. Mewaldt, Linwood B. Callis, Daniel N. Baker
Rok vydání:	1996
Předmět:	Materials science Magnetosphere chemistry.chemical_element Electron precipitation Trapping Electron Atmospheric sciences Nitrogen Mesosphere Atmosphere Geophysics chemistry General Earth and Planetary Sciences Atomic physics Thermosphere
Zdroj:	Geophysical Research Letters. 23:1901-1904
ISSN:	0094-8276
DOI:	10.1029/96gl01787
Popis:	Observations of electron fluxes made by the PET and LICA instruments aboard SAMPEX have been used with NO measurements made by HALOE aboard UARS to provide evidence of mesospheric and lower thermospheric NO formation due to precipitating electrons. Results indicate significant NO increases from 70 to 120 km which are associated with the occurrence of enhanced electron populations in the outer trapping regions of the magnetosphere, 2.5 ≤ L ≤ 7, which precipitate into the atmosphere.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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