Photochemical and wind-induced deviations of thermospheric O and O2 densities from diffusive equilibrium
Abstract
Departures of thermospheric O and O2 from diffusive equilibrium densities are produced both by photochemical processes and vertical winds. Time-dependent calculations show that these departures have a diurnal average consistent without previous steady-state results. The amplitude and phase of the variations about the mean are controlled by vertical winds. Photochemical perturbations of (O2) as a function of latitude are consistent with recent Atmosphere Explorer-C data.
- Publication:
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Naval Research Lab. Report
- Pub Date:
- July 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976nrl..rept.....O
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Chemistry;
- Chemical Equilibrium;
- Diffusion;
- Oxygen;
- Photochemical Reactions;
- Thermosphere;
- Atoms;
- Diurnal Variations;
- Molecules;
- Perturbation;
- Geophysics