The effect of solar radiation on molecular nitrogen emissions originating in the sunlit thermosphere of Earth.
The vibrational distribution of N₂ triplet states in the sunlit upper thermosphere of Earth is measured and modeled for the first time. A comparison is made between measured and theoretical limb column emission rates for bands originating from each upper vibrational level of C³Πᵤ(v) and A³Σ⁺ᵤ(v). Th...
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The University of Arizona.
1994
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186984 |