Energetics of the midlatitude thermosphere

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Aug 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jatp...38..863s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, vol. 38, Aug. 1976, p. 863-868.

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Atmospheric Heat Budget, Far Ultraviolet Radiation, Midlatitude Atmosphere, Solar Radiation, Thermosphere, Atmospheric Models, Electron-Ion Recombination, Energy Dissipation, Kinetic Energy, Solar Energy Conversion, Thermal Energy, Vertical Distribution

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Thermospheric energetics is examined from the point of view of atomic and molecular processes which convert solar EUV radiative energy into kinetic energy of the ambient electron, ion, and neutral gases. The energy flow from photon to photoelectron-ion pair through energy loss and ion-molecule transfer to eventual electron-ion recombination is traced in detail. Upper and lower bounds are placed on the efficiency of conversion of radiative to thermal energy. Implications for the question of consistency of measured solar EUV fluxes and ionospheric models are discussed.

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