Non-thermal distribution of O(1D) atoms in the night-time thermosphere

Details Non-thermal distribution of O(1D) atoms in the night-time thermosphere Non-thermal distribution of O(1D) atoms in the night-time thermosphere

Jan 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988p%26ss...36...89y&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 36, Jan. 1988, p. 89-97.

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Airglow, Atmospheric Temperature, Emission Spectra, Oxygen Atoms, Thermosphere, Exothermic Reactions, F Region, Fabry-Perot Interferometers, Line Spectra, Night, Relaxation Method (Mathematics)

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The 6300 A O(1D-3P) emission has been used for many years to remotely monitor the thermospheric temperature from the Doppler width of its line profile. The O(1D) atoms in the nighttime thermosphere are initially produced by the dissociative recombination of O2(+) ions with kinetic energy much greater than the thermal energy of the ambient neutrals. The validity of the technique to monitor neutral ambient temperature by measuring O(1D) 6300 A emission depends on the degree of thermalization of the O(1D) atoms. The object of this study is to calculate the velocity distribution of the O(1D) atoms and to examine the effect of nonthermal distribution on the nighttime thermospheric neutral temperature determined.

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