Molecular nitrogen LBH band system far-UV emissions of sprite streamers
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[1] 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-BirgeHopfield (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 (a 1 g) state. Citation: Liu, N., and V. P. Pasko (2005), Molecular nitrogen LBH band system far-UV emissions of sprite streamers, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L05104, doi:10.1029/2004GL022001.
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