Temperature dependence of the reaction N2(A 3Σu+)+O in the terrestrial thermosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A5, 2000, Pages 10615-10629

  Hill, Steven M ^a,d   Solomon, Stanley C ^a   Cleary, David D ^b,e   Broadfoot, A Lyle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Net Access Inc   (United States)

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