Ionic structure near an auroral arc

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Sep 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jgr....81.4770n&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 81, Sept. 1, 1976, p. 4770-4772. Research supported by the U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency.

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Auroral Arcs, Ion Distribution, Ionospheric Composition, Nitric Oxide, Nitrogen Ions, Oxygen Ions, Atmospheric Stratification, Ionospheric Electron Density, Ionospheric Ion Density, Polar Regions, Rocket Sounding

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Good agreement is obtained between the calculated and the observed O(+), N2(+), and N(+) ion distributions for an aurora with a peak electron concentration of about 1.1 million per cu cm near 110 km. The NO profile required to explain the NO(+) and O2(+) data is deduced and discussed. The inferred peak nitric oxide concentration is among the three largest (all about one billion per cu cm) values ever derived in studies of over a dozen Air Force Geophysics Laboratory auroral rocket flights.

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