Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / The production of nitric oxide by soft solar X-rays in the E-region of the ionosphere is investigated. An empirical expression for the variation in X-ray flux as a function of F10.7 is determined. This expression is incorporated into a one-dimensional diffusive photochemical model to compute nitric oxide densities. No results of these calculation are compared with NO observation from the Solar Mesosphere Explorer satellite. Variations of X-ray flux by a factor of 30 over the solar cycle can explain the observed variation in nitric oxide densities. / http://archive.org/details/investigationofp00duma / Lieutenant, United States Navy
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nps.edu/oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/23281 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Dumas, Richard Allen |
| Contributors | Cleary, David D., Gnanalingam, Suntharalingam, Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.), Physics |
| Publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School |
| Source Sets | Naval Postgraduate School |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 58 p., application/pdf |
| Rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. |
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