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Nitric oxide gamma and delta band emission at twilight
Author(s) -
Feldman Paul D.,
Takacs Peter Z.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl001i004p00169
Subject(s) - twilight , nitrogen , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , chemiluminescence , rocket (weapon) , nitrogen oxide , nitric oxide , materials science , nox , physics , chemistry , astronomy , geography , organic chemistry , archaeology , quantum mechanics , combustion
Nitric oxide twilight emission above 140 km in the γ‐ and δ‐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.