Odd Nitrogen in the Thermosphere and Mesosphere

对80公里高空大气层的影响 在磁暴期间高能电子和质子会分裂 氮和氧分子，并产生大量的 高纬度高层大气中的一氧化氮。 其中一些 向下穿过中层大气， 冬季极地涡旋，并影响臭氧的化学成分， 高纬度地区 一氧化氮的产生包括 我们还不太了解的化学反应， 实验室测量结果显示， 观察和模型的十倍以上。 这个奖项 是利用卫星数据来生成一个全面的经验性的 NO浓度及其随时间变化的模型， 空间，等待新的实验室测量，可用于 修正理论模型。 在那个时候，进一步的尝试可以 比较观察结果（通过经验模型）， 理论

The impact upon the atmosphere above 80 km altitude of energetic electrons and protons during magnetic storms breaks up nitrogen and oxygen molecules and produces large quantities of nitric oxide in the high latitude upper atmosphere. Some of this is transported downwards through the middle atmosphere in the wintertime polar vortex, and affects the chemistry of ozone at high latitudes. The production of the nitric oxide involves chemical reactions that are not well understood, in fact recent laboratory measurements have shown disagreements between observations and models by more than a factor of ten. This award is to use satellite data to generate a comprehensive empirical model of the concentration of NO and its variation in time and space, pending new laboratory measurements that can be used to revise the theoretical model. At that time a further attempt can be made to compare observations (via the empirical model) and theory.