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Kopp et al. 1995

Kopp, E., Balsiger, F. and Murad, E. (1995). Silicon molecular ions in the D-region. Geophysical Research Letters 22: doi: 10.1029/95GL03171. issn: 0094-8276.

During a recent rocket campaign to study the phenomenology of noctilucent clouds (NLC-93), mass spectrometer measurements showed the presence of ions at m/e=45 and 61. These ions are attributed to SiOH+ and SiO2H+; the former is formed by reaction of Si+ with H2O and the latter is formed by reaction of SiOH+ with O3. The data provide the first observation of a chemical sequence of reactions beginning with the ablation of meteoric elements and a sequential reaction scheme. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1995

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Cloud physics and chemistry, Ionosphere, Ionosphere/atmosphere interactions

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Geophysical Research Letters
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