On the relative roles of dynamics and chemistry governing the abundance and diurnal variation of low-latitude thermospheric nitric oxide

Siskind, David E.; Jones Jr., McArthur; Drob, Douglas P.; McCormack, John P.; Hervig, Mark E.; Marsh, Daniel R.; Mlynczak, Martin G.; Bailey, Scott M.; Maute, Astrid; Mitchell, Nicholas J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-37-37-2019

Articles | Volume 37, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-37-37-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-37-37-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 37, issue 1

Regular paper

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25 Jan 2019

Regular paper |

| 25 Jan 2019

On the relative roles of dynamics and chemistry governing the abundance and diurnal variation of low-latitude thermospheric nitric oxide

David E. Siskind, McArthur Jones Jr., Douglas P. Drob, John P. McCormack, Mark E. Hervig, Daniel R. Marsh, Martin G. Mlynczak, Scott M. Bailey, Astrid Maute, and Nicholas J. Mitchell

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RC1: 'Review of 'On the relative roles of dynamics and chemistry governing the abundance and diurnal variation of low latitude thermospheric nitric oxide’ by Siskind et al.', Koen Hendrickx, 25 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'response to Reviewer #1', David Siskind, 21 Dec 2018
RC2: 'Review of "On the relative roles of dynamics and chemistry governing the abundance and diurnal variation of low latitude thermospheric nitric oxide" by Siskind et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Nov 2018
- AC2: 'reply', David Siskind, 21 Dec 2018
RC3: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 21 Nov 2018
- AC3: 'response to reviewer 3', David Siskind, 21 Dec 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (03 Jan 2019) by Petr Pisoft

AR by David Siskind on behalf of the Authors (03 Jan 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (07 Jan 2019) by Petr Pisoft

Short summary

We use data from two NASA satellites and a general circulation model of the upper atmosphere to elucidate the key factors governing the abundance and diurnal variation of nitric oxide (NO) at near-solar minimum conditions and low latitudes. This has been difficult to do previously, because NO data are typically taken from satellites in sun-synchronous orbits, meaning that they only acquire data in fixed local times. We overcome this limitation through model simulations of the NO diurnal cycle.