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Production of nitrous oxide in the auroral D and E regionsA study of nitrous oxide formation mechanisms indicates that N2O concentrations greater than 10 to the 9th per cu cm could be produced in IBC III aurora or by lower-level activity lasting for many hours, and, in favorable conditions, the N2O concentration could exceed the local nitric oxide density. An upper limit on the globally averaged N2O production rate from auroral activity is estimated at 2 x 10 to the 27th per second.
Document ID
19800069899
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Zipf, E. C.
(Pittsburgh, University Pittsburgh, Pa., United States)
Prasad, S. S.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
October 9, 1980
Publication Information
Publication: Nature
Volume: 287
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
80A54069
Distribution Limits
Public
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