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Kayser 1980
Kayser, D.C. (1980). Solar flux variation of the thermospheric molecular oxygen density. Journal of Geophysical Research 85: doi: 10.1029/JA085iA02p00695. issn: 0148-0227.

Measurements of the thermospheric molecular oxygen density obtained from the Atmosphere Explorer (AE) satellites and composition data obtained previously from rocket-based experiments provide complimentary information on the distribution of O2 between 120 and 200 km as a function of solar flux. The AE measurements provied a description of the constituent's short-term behavior near solar minimum. With this knowledge, the recket experiment data, which cover a wider range of solar activity and altitudes, can be analyzed for long-term variations. At mid-latitudes and low latitudes the 200-km O2/N2 density ratio decreases ~35% as the F10.7 index increases from 70 to 150. The O2 density at 200 km shows little variation but at 120 km decreases ~30% for the same increase in F10.7. Additionally, the analysis gives evidence for photochemically induced departures from diffusive equilibrium in the molecular oxygen density.

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