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Table A.2

Best-fit parameters (a1, a2, and a3) to describe the altitude dependence of escape probability for a given species at a given nascent energy (see Eq. (34) for details).

Species Energy (eV)

0.5 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.5 5.0 6.5 a2
N(4S)/N(2D) a1 0.272 0.274 0.275 0.276 0.276 0.277 0.277 1450
a3 0.180 0.234 0.267 0.303 0.326 0.347 0.361

3CH2 /CH3 /CH4 a1 0.236 0.268 0.281 0.297 0.306 0.316 0.319 1500
a3 0.135 0.181 0.206 0.235 0.254 0.271 0.283

NH/NH3 a1 0.233 0.265 0.280 0.297 0.307 0.315 0.318 1500
a3 0.130 0.177 0.202 0.231 0.250 0.268 0.279

Energy (eV)

1 1.5 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0

C2H2 a1 0.235 0.252 0.263 0.279 0.289 0.296 1530
a3 0.157 0.182 0.199 0.224 0.239 0.251

HCN a1 0.197 0.221 0.237 0.257 0.269 0.279 1600
a3 0.151 0.178 0.196 0.221 0.236 0.249

N2 a1 0.244 0.256 0.263 0.274 0.282 0.285 1520
a3 0.178 0.206 0.226 0.253 0.270 0.283

C2H3 /C2H4 a1 0.230 0.247 0.258 0.273 0.282 0.290 1540
a3 0.164 0.191 0.208 0.234 0.251 0.263

C2H5 /C2H6 a1 0.219 0.240 0.252 0.266 0.277 0.285 1560
a3 0.151 0.178 0.196 0.221 0.236 0.249

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