Electron and nitrogen vibrational temperature in the E-region of the ionosphere

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Mar 1968

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1968p%26ss...16..321w&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science, Vol. 16, p.321

Physics

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There is considerable evidence that electron temperatures in the E-region are greater than neutral gas temperatures by several hundred degrees. It is suggested that these temperatures reflect nitrogen vibrational temperatures of about 3100°K. Nitrogen vibrational energy may be provided by the reaction which quenches metastable 1D oxygen atoms produced by photodissociation of oxygen in the Schumann-Runge continuum. Vibrational exchange collisions redistribute the energy leading to a Boltzmann vibrational distribution for the nitrogen molecules. Vibrational energy is lost mainly in collisions with the ambient electrons, and the lifetime of a vibrating molecule is about 5 × 105 sec in the E-region.

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