Physics
Scientific paper
Jan 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993adspr..13..107r&link_type=abstract
(Middle and upper atmosphere results; Proceedings of the Topical Meeting of the Interdisciplinary Scientific Commission C /Meeti
Physics
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Atmospheric Composition, Geomagnetism, Mesosphere, Solar Activity, Thermosphere, Atmospheric Circulation, Nitric Oxide, Oxygen Atoms, Solar Mesosphere Explorer, Three Dimensional Models, Two Dimensional Models
Scientific paper
The paper reviews some 2D and 3D model studies of the interrelationships between the major and minor species of the lower thermosphere and upper mesosphere. An attempt is made to use numerical models to investigate the range of variability of atomic oxygen and nitric oxide which might be expected to occur as the result of four fundamental physical processes which affect composition in the thermosphere and upper mesosphere: (1) seasonal/latitudinal variations, (2) solar activity variations, (3) geomagnetic activity variations, (4) and the effects of eddy turbulence transport. It is concluded that the combination of the seasonal, solar activity, and geomagnetic variations considered here can cause significant enhancement and depletions of nitric oxide or atomic oxygen density within the thermosphere and upper mesosphere.
Fuller-Rowell Tim J.
Rees David
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