Simulating Nitric Oxide in the lower thermosphere using a 3D model

Nitric oxide (NO), despite being a minor species, influences the chemistry, composition and energy balance of the earth's atmosphere above 90 kilometers. Variations in its density have been shown to strongly correlate with solar x-ray irradiance at lower latitudes and precipitating energetic pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Venkataramani, Karthik
Other Authors: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46171
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12052011-155621/