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	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences : Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/27494

Title :	The global distribution of nitric oxide in the thermosphere as determined by the Atmosphere Explorer D satellite
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Cravens, T. E. [Michigan, University, Ann Arbor]
	Gérard, Jean-Claude [Université de Liège - ULg > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP) >]
	Lecompte, M. [Colorado, University, Boulder]
	Stewart, A. I. [Colorado, University, Boulder]
	Rusch, D. W. [Colorado, University, Boulder]
Publication date :	1-Oct-1985
Journal title :	Journal of Geophysical Research
Publisher :	American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Volume :	90
Pages :	9862-9870
Audience :	International
ISSN :	0148-0227
City :	Washington
Country :	DC
Keywords :	[en] ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY ; EXPLORER SATELLITES ; NITRIC OXIDE ; SOLSTICES ; THERMOSPHERE ; OPTICAL THICKNESS ; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING
Abstract :	[en] The ultraviolet nitric oxide spectrometer (UVNO) experiment on the Atmosphere Explorer D (AE-D) satellite measured thermospheric nitric oxide during the winter of 1974-1975 using resonant fluorescence from the 1-0 gamma band of the molecule. Almost complete latitude coverage was obtained, but the observations were confined to morning local times close to 0900. The 1-0 gamma band intensity profiles measured by the instrument were inverted to provide vertical profiles of the NO number density between about 90 and 200 km. Typically, the measured NO concentrations reached a maximum between altitudes of 100 and 110 km, and more NO was observed at higher latitudes than at low latitudes, in agreement with previous observational studies. The shape of the NO profile was also found to be a function of latitude, with a plateau appearing in the profile near 130 km for low latitudes and mid-latitudes in the winter hemisphere.
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Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/27494
DOI :	10.1029/JA090iA10p09862
Other URL :	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985JGR....90.9862C

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