Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmsa31a1604y&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SA31A-1604
Physics
0300 Atmospheric Composition And Structure, 0317 Chemical Kinetic And Photochemical Properties, 0355 Thermosphere: Composition And Chemistry, 0358 Thermosphere: Energy Deposition (3369), 0360 Radiation: Transmission And Scattering
Scientific paper
Recent measurements of the oscillator strengths (Yoshino et al, 2006) and predissociation rates (Luque and Crosley, 2000) for the δ and ɛ band systems of nitric oxide (NO) suggest a reevaluation of the NO photolysis rate. It is well-known that the dominant contribution throughout the atmosphere is due to dissociation in the δ(0,0) and δ (1,0) bands. However, above 90 km, attenuation of the solar VUV irradiance due to the O2 Schumann-Runge system is diminished and the contribution of the δ(2,0), ɛ(1,0), and ɛ(2,0) bands to the photolysis rate becomes increasingly significant. In this talk it is shown that the contribution from these bands rises from 16% at 100km to 26% above 120 km. As the ratio of the radiative to predissociation rates for the δ(0,0), ɛ(0,0), ɛ(1,0), and ɛ(2,0) bands is sensitive to the rotational level, expected fluorescence from these bands is also presented using data from the Student Nitric Oxide Explorer (SNOE).
Bailey Scott M.
Paxton Larry J.
Yonker J. D.
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