Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

Non-thermal hydrogen atoms in the terrestrial upper thermosphere

  • Jianqi Qin,
  • Lara Waldrop

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13655
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Model predictions of atomic hydrogen behaviour in the terrestrial atmosphere have long-standing discrepancies with geocoronal observations. Here, using satellite measurements, Qin and Waldrop note the existence of hot hydrogen atoms in the upper thermosphere, reconciling observational modelling differences.