Using TIMED/SABER nightglow observations to investigate hydroxyl emission mechanisms in the mesopause region

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Xu, Jiyao ^a   Gao, Hong ^a   Smith, Anne K ^b   Zhu, Yajun ^a  

^a CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; IONOSPHERE; OZONE; RATE CONSTANTS;

ATOMIC OXYGEN; BAND EMISSION; BEST FIT; BROADBAND EMISSION RADIOMETRY; DOMINANT MECHANISM; EMISSION MECHANISM; MESOPAUSE REGION; MODEL FIT; NIGHTGLOW; NIGHTGLOW EMISSION; QUENCHING RATE; QUENCHING RATE COEFFICIENT; SUDDEN DEATHS; THEORETICAL MODELS; VERTICAL PROFILE; VIBRATIONAL LEVELS; VIBRATIONAL TRANSITIONS; VIBRATIONALLY EXCITED STATE;

QUENCHING;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENERGETICS; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IONOSPHERE; MESOPAUSE; MESOSPHERE; NIGHTGLOW; OXYGEN; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; THERMOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 84863012333     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016342     Document Type: Article

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