NITRIC OXIDE GAMMA AND DELTA BAND EMISSION AT TWILIGHT

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Feldman, Paul D. [1 ]
Takacs, Peter Z. [1 ]
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[1] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Phys, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
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10.1029/GL001i004p00169
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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07 ;
摘要
Nitric oxide twilight emission above 140 km in the gamma-and delta-bands was observed with a rocket-borne spectrophotometer. The relative intensity of the two band systems indicates that the emission is produced predominantly by the chemiluminescent pre-association of oxygen and nitrogen atoms.
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