Abstract: Comparison of observed and calculated altitude distributions for the sodium airglow indicates that airglow processes involving combined sodium cannot account for the observations. It is suggested that the airglow results from collisions of neutral atomic sodium with vibrationally excited oxygen. This process can account for the observed altitude distribution and, possibly, the total intensity of the sodium airglow.
Publication Year: 1960
Publication Date: 1960-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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