On the role of vibrationally excited H2 as a source of OH in the mesosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Balakrishnan, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTUM THEORY; REACTION KINETICS;

CROSS SECTIONS; ENERGY SURFACE; RATE COEFFICIENTS; UPPER MESOSPHERE;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MESOSPHERE;

EID: 2542440558     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019059     Document Type: Article

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