Nitric oxide cooling in the terrestrial thermosphere

dc.contributor.author	Kockarts, G.
dc.date	1980
dc.date.accessioned	2017-09-08T13:21:08Z
dc.date.available	2017-09-08T13:21:08Z
dc.identifier.uri	https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/6229
dc.description	A simple formulation of the nitric oxide cooling by the emission of the 5.3 µm fundamental band in the terrestrial thermosphere indicates that this process is an important mechanism which has been omitted previously in all thermospheric models. The cooling effect is highly variable as a consequence of its strong temperature dependence and of the observed variability of the nitric oxide concentration. The infrared emission is never in local thermodynamic equilibrium above 120 km altitude and the predominant cooling probably occurs during NO auroral enhancements.
dc.language	eng
dc.title	Nitric oxide cooling in the terrestrial thermosphere
dc.type	Article
dc.subject.frascati	Physical sciences
dc.audience	Scientific
dc.source.title	Geophysical Research Letters
dc.source.volume	7
dc.source.issue	2
dc.source.page	137-140
Orfeo.peerreviewed	Yes
dc.identifier.doi	10.1029/GL007i002p00137
dc.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-0001367776