Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976p%26ss...24..749o&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science, vol. 24, Aug. 1976, p. 749-756.
Physics
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Atmospheric Radiation, Emission Spectra, Infrared Spectra, Molecular Excitation, Carbon Dioxide, Chemiluminescence, Mesosphere, Nitric Oxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, Ozone, Thermosphere
Scientific paper
Excitation rates of the infrared emissions which are likely to occur in the mesosphere and thermosphere are quantitatively evaluated. They include the 9.6 micron band of O3, the 15 and 4.3 micron bands of CO2 and the 5.3 and 2.8 micron bands of NO. These emissions may be excited through nonthermal processes such as chemiluminescent reactions and resonant fluorescence in the thermosphere, whereas they are of thermal origin in the stratosphere and mesosphere. Increase of the nonthermal excitation rate caused by precipitating electrons could be responsible for the enhancement of the 4.3 micron band of CO2, and the 5.3 and 2.8 micron bands of NO observed in the auroral thermosphere.
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