Deuterium and hydrogen flows in the thermosphere

Details Deuterium and hydrogen flows in the thermosphere Deuterium and hydrogen flows in the thermosphere

Oct 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jgr....9617779b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 96, Oct. 1, 1991, p. 17,779-17,792.

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Atmospheric Composition, Deuterium, Hydrogen, Thermosphere, Earth Atmosphere, Gas Flow, Venus Atmosphere

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Processes that affect vertical distributions and flows of deuterium and hydrogen between 100 and 500 km in the daytime thermosphere are investigated using a steady state numerical model that includes HD and H2 molecular flows, relevant chemistry, and transport by both molecular and eddy diffusion. The results of calculations indicate that the outward thermospheric fuxes and, hence, the planetary loss rates for D must be large compared to evaporative escape (as is also the case for H), confirming the suggestion of Breig et al. (1987). Results of measurements of H in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere and of H and D in the thermosphere were used to derive upward fluxes through the daytime thermosphere, showing that the upward fluxes exceeded the corresponding Jeans evaporative escape rates by factors of about 5 for H, and greater than 500 for D.

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