Auroral NO concentrations

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Sep 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jgr....81.4765h&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 81, Sept. 1, 1976, p. 4765-4769.

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Atmospheric Chemistry, Auroral Arcs, Ionospheric Composition, Nitric Oxide, Chemical Reactions, Midlatitude Atmosphere, Nitrogen Atoms, Oxygen, Reaction Kinetics

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Auroral NO chemistry is studied to determine the limits on NO concentration and its production rate in steady auroral arcs. It is conservatively concluded that the NO concentration cannot exceed 10% of the O2 concentration. The precise value of this upper limit depends very sensitively on the relative yields of N(2D) and N(4S) in the reactions that are the major auroral sources of N atoms, and on the basis of the requirements of mid-latitude models for odd nitrogen, a value of 0.03 times the O2 concentration is estimated. Values of plausible auroral NO concentration enhancements are determined.

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