Quasiclassical trajectory study of the N(4S)+NO(X2∏)→N2(X 1∑g+)+O(3P) reaction rate coefficient

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2777-2780

  Duff, J W ^a   Sharma, R D ^b  

^a SPECTRAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; TRAJECTORIES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

LONDON-EYRING-POLANYI-SATO FORMALISM; MARTIAN THERMOSPHERE; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACE; QUASICLASSICAL TRAJECTORY; REACTION RATE COEFFICIENT; SPIN ORBIT COUPLING; TERRESTRIAL THERMOSPHERE;

METEOROLOGY; IONOSPHERE;

LONDON-EYRING-POLANYI-SATO; QUASI-CLASSICAL-TRAJECTORY CALCULATIONS; QUASICLASSICAL TRAJECTORIES; RATE COEFFICIENTS; REACTION RATE COEFFICIENTS; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TERRESTRIAL THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 0030269148     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02613     Document Type: Article

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