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
- 1 The neutral atmosphere
- 2 The solar irradiance and photon cross sections
- 3 Energy level diagrams and potential curves
- 4 Cross sections for collisions between energetic electrons, protons and atoms and the major atmospheric gases
- 5 Chemical/ionic reactions in the thermosphere
- 6 Transport coefficients, polarizability, collision frequencies, and energy transfer rates
- 7 Physical constants and units
- Index
6 - Transport coefficients, polarizability, collision frequencies, and energy transfer rates
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
- 1 The neutral atmosphere
- 2 The solar irradiance and photon cross sections
- 3 Energy level diagrams and potential curves
- 4 Cross sections for collisions between energetic electrons, protons and atoms and the major atmospheric gases
- 5 Chemical/ionic reactions in the thermosphere
- 6 Transport coefficients, polarizability, collision frequencies, and energy transfer rates
- 7 Physical constants and units
- Index
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- Physics and Chemistry of the Upper Atmosphere , pp. 282 - 284Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1989