Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983jgr....88.4918h&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 88, June 1, 1983, p. 4918-4928.
Physics
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Atmospheric Heat Budget, Energy Dissipation, Mesosphere, Molecular Excitation, Oxygen, Thermosphere, Atmospheric Heating, Atmospheric Models, Molecular Collisions, Radiation Absorption, Radiative Heat Transfer, Solar Radiation
Scientific paper
Some of the O(1D) excitation energy, which is a potentially important heating source in the 60-150 km region, is thermalized directly by collisional deactivation, while some is lost to the atmosphere through radiation at 6300 and 7619 A and the rest enters the near-resonant N2(v=1)-CO2(001) system. The optical thickness of the atmosphere to 4.26-micron radiation below about 80 km scatters the O(1D) energy which enters this N2-CO2 system without being locally quenched. It is then thermalized or lost to the top of the atmosphere. The present calculations indicate the relative proportion of each of the O(1D) energy loss options.
Adams Gene W.
Harris Ronny D.
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