N(2P) in the dayglow - Measurement and theory

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Mar 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993georl..20..531t&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 20, no. 6, p. 531-534.

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Dayglow, Imaging Spectrometers, Nitrogen Atoms, Spectral Emission, Thermosphere, Auroras, Metastable State, Photochemical Reactions, Photodissociation, Radioactive Decay

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During the ATLAS-1 mission, the first dayglow altitude profiles were obtained of the N(2P) emission at 3466 A. These observations were made in the sunlit thermosphere using the Imaging Spectrometric Observatory. As all previous work on this emission has been done under auroral conditions, this study represents the first examination of the photochemical sources and sinks of N(2P) in the normal daytime thermospheric, with comparison with measurements. We find that the observations are explained by a model in which the major source is photodissociation of N2, and quenching by O is the principal low-altitude loss process, with radiative decay to N(2D) dominating above 200 km. As the dominant loss processes are likely to result in the production of N(2D), N(2P) could be a moderate source of N(2D) and may be a factor to be taken into consideration in modeling NO.

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