Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 An overview
- 2 The interaction of energetic solar photons with the upper atmosphere
- 3 The interaction of energetic electrons and ions with the upper atmosphere
- 4 Collisions and reactions
- 5 Ion and neutral composition of the upper atmosphere
- 6 Temperatures in the upper atmosphere
- 7 Spectroscopic emissions
- 8 Dynamics of the thermosphere and ionosphere
- Appendices
- Index
7 - Spectroscopic emissions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 April 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 An overview
- 2 The interaction of energetic solar photons with the upper atmosphere
- 3 The interaction of energetic electrons and ions with the upper atmosphere
- 4 Collisions and reactions
- 5 Ion and neutral composition of the upper atmosphere
- 6 Temperatures in the upper atmosphere
- 7 Spectroscopic emissions
- 8 Dynamics of the thermosphere and ionosphere
- Appendices
- Index
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- Chapter
- Information
- Physics and Chemistry of the Upper Atmosphere , pp. 138 - 185Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1989