Non-local thermodynamic equilibrium in N
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G.M. Shved; O.A. Gusev
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Article
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1997
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Elsevier Science
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English
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This paper presents for the first time theoretical estimates of the non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) populations for vibrational states of the N,O and CH, molecules in the stratosphere and mesosphere. For N,O the nighttime heights of the transition to NLTE decrease with vibrational energy