Cooling mechanisms of the planetary thermospheres: The key role of O atom vibrational excitation of CO2 and NO

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 841-843

  Sharma, Ramesh D ^a   Roble, Raymond G ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric chemistry; Carbon dioxide; Greenhouse effect; Vibrational spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATOMS; BUDGET CONTROL; COOLING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IONOSPHERE; VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY;

COOLING MECHANISM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INFRARED EMISSIONS; LOWER THERMOSPHERE; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RATE COEFFICIENTS; TERRESTRIAL THERMOSPHERE; VIBRATIONAL EXCITATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; COOLING; DENSITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT; INFRARED RADIATION; SHORT SURVEY; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037131483     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1439-7641(20021018)3:10<841::AID-CPHC841>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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