1.1. Historical Overview and Goals The knowledge that charged particles exist in the
atmosphere dates to the 1700s with Ben Franklin's discovery that the electrical properties of …

Long‐lived or metastable excited states of various atoms and molecules in the
thermosphere provide reservoirs for the temporary storage of a considerable portion of the …

Precipitation of energetic particles into the atmosphere greatly disturbs the chemical
composition from the upper stratosphere to the lower thermosphere. Most important are …

A self-consistent kinetic model is developed to study dc flowing glow discharges in N/sub
2//O/sub 2/mixtures. This model includes the calculation of electron energy distribution …

In the context of recent observations, microphysical models, and laboratory data, a
photochemical model of Titan's atmosphere, including updated chemistry focusing on rate …

The electron‐impact dissociation of N2 to form two nitrogen atoms is observed in a crossed
beam experiment at electron energies between 18.5 and 148.5 eV. Detection of the …

Measurements of the auroral atomic oxygen (³P‐¹D) emission line at 6300 Å made by the
Atmosphere Explorer visible airglow experiment are analyzed using a tomographic …

The Atmospheric Ultraviolet Radiance Integrated Code (AURIC) is a software package
developed under the sponsorship of the Air Force Phillips Laboratory/Geophysics …

Non-thermal plasma techniques are being developed for the treatment of many gas-phase
pollutants. In these methods electrical energy from electron beams or electrical discharges is …

This work is the first of two companion papers devoted to the kinetic modelling of low-
pressure DC flowing discharges in-mixtures. While the present paper is mainly concerned …