Chemical Processes Viewer
Chemical Processes in the Thermosphere-Ionosphere
Photodissociation
Photoionization
Conversion
Charge Transfer
Recombination
Dissociative Recombination
Radiative Recombination
Photodissociation Content
hυ + O
2
=> O + O
hυ + N
2
=> N + N
hυ + H
2
O => H + OH
hυ + OH => O + H
Photoionization Content
hυ + O => O
+
+ e
-
hυ + O
2
=> O
2
+
+ e
-
hυ + N
2
=> N
2
+
+ e
-
Conversion Content
N
2
+
+ O => NO
+
+ N
N
2
+ O
+
=> NO
+
+ N
Charge Transfer Content
H + O
+
=> O + H
+
N
2
+ O
+
=> O + N
2
+
O
2
+ O
+
=> O + O
2
+
Recombination Content
O + O + N
2
=> O
2
+ N
+
Dissociative Recombination Content
O
2
+
+ e
-
=> O + O
N
2
+
+ e
-
=> N + N
NO
+
+ e
-
=> N + O
Radiative Recombination Content
O
+
+ e
-
=> hυ + O