The latitudinal gradient of the NO peak density

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Nov 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jgr....9519053f&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 95, Nov. 1, 1990, p. 19053-19059. Research supported by FNRS.

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Annual Variations, Atmospheric Composition, Gas Density, Latitude, Nitric Oxide, Solar Mesosphere Explorer, Equinoxes, Geomagnetism, Solar Activity Effects

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Results are presented from SME observations of the latitudinal gradients of peak NO densities at about 110-km altitude during the solstice and equinox periods from 1982 through 1985. It is shown that the response of the peak NO densities to the declining level of solar activity varies with latitude, with the polar regions exhibiting low sensitivity and the low-latitude regions responding strongly. The SME data also revealed marked asymmetries in the latitudinal structure of the two hemispheres for each season and considerable day-to-day variations in the NO densities. The solar cycle minimum data for June were simulated using a two-dimensional model; results of sensitivity studies performed with varied quenching rate and eddy diffusion coefficient are presented.

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