Title: The Aeronomy of N2+ in the Earth's Ionosphere

Details Title: The Aeronomy of N2+ in the Earth's Ionosphere Title: The Aeronomy of N2+ in the Earth's Ionosphere

May 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agusmsa41b..03r&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2008, abstract #SA41B-03

Physics

2419 Ion Chemistry And Composition (0335), 2443 Midlatitude Ionosphere, 2467 Plasma Temperature And Density

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Although N2+ is produced in large quantities in the Earth's Ionosphere, it is a minor species in the ionosphere because the loss rate is very large. It is the major source of NO+ below 200 km and a key player in both the ion and energy channels at all altitudes. The photochemistry of N2+ has been controversial since the beginning of the Atmosphere Explorer analysis in the 1970s and 1980s. Historically, model N2+ densities are typically a factor of 2 larger than measured densities. This paper reexamines the problem in the light of recent laboratory measurements of some key reaction rates.

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