High-altitude atomic nitrogen densities

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Oct 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978jgr....83.4877o&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 83, Oct. 1, 1978, p. 4877-4881. Navy-supported research;

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Atmospheric Composition, Diurnal Variations, Gas Density, Nitrogen Atoms, Satellite Observation, Thermosphere, Atmospheric Chemistry, Electron Flux Density, Explorer 51 Satellite, Mass Spectroscopy, Neutral Particles, Photoelectrons

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Theoretical calculations of the seasonal and diurnal variations of atomic nitrogen are compared with measurements made by the open source neutral mass spectrometer on the AE-C satellite. With the simultaneous measurements of molecular nitrogen and atomic oxygen densities as input, model calculations of odd nitrogen densities predict the same trends in atomic nitrogen as those observed. From these comparisons it is inferred that horizontal transport significantly reduces the diurnal variation of atomic nitrogen. Estimates are given of the sensitivity of atomic nitrogen densities to variations in the photoelectron flux, the neutral temperatures, and the neutral winds.

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