Abstract: The chemiluminescent reaction responsible for the nightglow in the sodium D lines is embedded in the complex kinetics of an oxygen-hydrogen atmosphere. Various possibilities of identifying this reaction from observational ...

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Abstract: The hydroxyl bands in the glow emanating from the earth's upper atmosphere are chemically excited. The two possible precursor reactions are O3+H?OH*+O2 and O2*+H?OH*+O. Arguments are advanced in this paper to show that the ...