Satellite observation of atmospheric nuclear gamma radiation

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Feb 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989jgr....94.1211l&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 94, Feb. 1, 1989, p. 1211-1221.

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Atmospheric Radiation, Gamma Ray Spectra, Satellite Observation, Line Spectra, Neutron Cross Sections, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Particle Production, Solar Maximum Mission, Spectrum Analysis

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Satellite observations of the spectrum of gamma radiation from the earth's atmosphere in the energy interval from 300 keV to 8.5 MeV were obtained with a gamma-ray spectrometer during 1980-1983. A total of 20 atmospheric line features are superimposed on a continuum background which is modeled using a power law with an index of -1.16. The line energies and intensities are consistent with production by secondary neutrons interacting with atmospheric N-14 and O-16. The intensity and spectrum of photons at energies below the 511-keV line, in excess of a power law continuum, are explained by Compton scattering of the annihilation line photons in traversing an average of 21 g/sq cm of atmosphere.

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