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An Axial Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometer For Upper Atmospheric Measurements, Addison E. Everett, W. Sanderson, D. Allen, J. Dyer, B. Smith, M. Watson, C. J. Mertens, E. A. Syrstad
An Axial Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometer For Upper Atmospheric Measurements, Addison E. Everett, W. Sanderson, D. Allen, J. Dyer, B. Smith, M. Watson, C. J. Mertens, E. A. Syrstad
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As the “shoreline” of the Earth’s atmosphere, the mesosphere/lower thermosphere (MLT) region is home to many interesting and important phenomena, the most visible of which are the auroras. Geomagnetic storms, in addition to causing very intense auroral activity, also deposit large amounts of energy into the earth’s ionosphere. Recent analysis of data from the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) instrument aboard the Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) satellite suggests that 5.3μm emission from vibrationally excited NO is the main method of energy dissipation from energy deposited by geomagnetic storms. Additionally, NO+ has been shown to be …