The effect of the charge exchange source on the velocity and 'temperature' distributions and their anisotropies in the earth's exosphere

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Aug 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981jgr....86.6917h&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 86, Aug. 1, 1981, p. 6917-6925.

Physics

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Charge Exchange, Exosphere, Hydrogen Atoms, Ion Temperature, Particle Motion, Velocity Distribution, Anisotropy, Atom Concentration, Ballistic Trajectories, Diurnal Variations, Monte Carlo Method, Particle Trajectories, Plasmasphere, Radiative Transfer, Temperature Distribution

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The velocity distribution of atomic hydrogen in the earth's exosphere is calculated as a function of altitude and direction taking into account both the classic exobase source and the higher-altitude plasmaspheric charge exchange source. Calculations are performed on the basis of a Monte Carlo technique in which random ballistic trajectories of individual atoms are traced through a three-dimensional grid of audit zones, at which relative concentrations and momentum or energy fluxes are obtained. In the case of the classical exobase source alone, the slope of the velocity distribution is constant only for the upward radial velocity component and increases dramatically with altitude for the incoming radial and transverse velocity components, resulting in a temperature decrease. The charge exchange source, which produces the satellite hydrogen component and the hot ballistic and escape components of the exosphere, is found to enhance the wings of the velocity distributions, however this effect is not sufficient to overcome the temperature decreases at altitudes above one earth radius. The resulting global model of the hydrogen exosphere may be used as a realistic basis for radiative transfer calculations.

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