Mesospheric implications for the reaction of Si+ with O 2(a1δg)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Eyet, Nicole ^a,b,c   Bemish, Raymond J ^b   Viggiano, A A ^b   Plane, John M C ^d  

^a SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; E REGION; IONS; MOLECULES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RATE CONSTANTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

DETECTION LIMITS; MESOSPHERE/LOWER THERMOSPHERES; REMOVAL PROCESS; SELECTED ION FLOW TUBES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MESOSPHERE; OXYGEN; SILICON; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 78149274921     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044837     Document Type: Article

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