Dissociation Driven Diurnal Oscillations
Author: S. P. Zimmerman
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 20
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe use of a one-dimensional model atmosphere calculation incorporating dissociation of O2 and ionized species demonstrates that dissociation, through the production of atomic oxygen, can drive the vertical thermosphere and upper mesosphere into diurnal oscillations. It is further demonstrated that neutral mesospheric and lower thermospheric turbulence, through its control of atomic oxygen flow, can cause large amplitude variations of these oscillations. (Author).