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8. A brief survey of upper-air spectra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

P. M. Millman
P. M. Millman*
Affiliation:
National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada, and Consultant, Avco Everett Research Laboratory, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The atomic multiplets and molecular band systems identified in six categories of upper-air sources are studied. These total 510 multiplets of 38 atoms and ions, and 54 band systems of 27 molecules. The average excitation decreases as one progresses from the sources resulting from the influx of the faster and smaller particles to those produced by the slower and larger objects.

Type
Session 2
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 33: Physics and Dynamics of Meteors , 1968 , pp. 84 - 90
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1968 

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