Molecular nitrogen LBH band system far-UV emissions of sprite streamers

Ningyu Liu; Victor P. Pasko

doi:10.1029/2004GL022001

Molecular nitrogen LBH band system far-UV emissions of sprite streamers

Ningyu Liu, Victor P. Pasko

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Abstract

The time dependent optical emission model developed by Liu and Pasko (2004) is applied to studies of far-UV emissions of sprite streamers due to N₂ Lyman-Birge-Hopfield (LBH) band system. Modeling results indicate that the LBH emissions of sprite streamers at 70 km are generally stronger by up to a factor of 10 than those from the first negative band system of N₂⁺, and experimental measurements of the ratio of these two emissions at sprite altitudes can be used to determine poorly known quenching altitude of the N₂ (a₁ Π_g) state.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	32
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GL022001
State	Published - Mar 16 2005

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