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Table A.2

Best-fit parameters (ζ0, ζ1, h, and h0) to describe the altitude dependence of escape probability for each species and channel according to Eq. (30) in Sect. 3, along with the respective kinetic energy, EK in units of eV.

Species Reaction EK (eV) ζ0 ζ1 h0 (km) h (km)
H Ra1, 2 −0.06973 0.8227 432.3 127.9
Ra3 2.49 −0.07003 0.8214 435.4 129.6
Ra4 (a) 3.16 −0.07740 0.8302 400.8 128.1
0.16 −0.1979 0.7852 432.4 139.4
Ra5 2.52 −0.06859 0.8220 436.5 130.1
Ra6 2.91 −0.07205 0.8241 432.4 129.8
Ra7 8.22 −0.07625 0.8319 419.1 125.2

H2 Rb1, 2 −0.07566 0.7569 438.4 143.4
Rb3 (a) 1.41 −0.5635 0.7653 423.5 154.0
Rb4 (a) 0.46 −0.2966 0.7496 453.1 176.0

C Rc1 (b) −0.1551 0.5953 561.5 286.4
Rc1 (c) −0.1542 0.5853 581.5 288.8
Rc2 −0.1017 0.5434 633.2 294.3
Rc3 (a) 0.07 −0.02579 0.5071 939.3 294.6
Rc4 (a), 7 0.55 −0.1117 0.5758 558.8 291.7
0.17 −0.2859 0.5415 563.1 375.7
Rc5 (a) 0.69 −0.3134 0.5850 514.9 287.4
Rc6 4.99 −0.2047 0.6213 511.7 264.6
Rc7 1.66 −0.1461 0.5985 558.1 279.1
0.94 −0.1212 0.5923 538.1 289.0

N Rd1 −0.1526 0.5732 562.6 292.7
Rd2 −0.1137 0.5457 599.1 282.3
Rd3, 4, 6 0.35 −0.1113 0.5411 615.7 296.5
Rd5 (a) 0.07 −0.04309 0.4017 1268.0 134.3
Rd7 2.11 −0.2186 0.5989 450.1 278.4
Rd 8 1.72 − 0.2301 0.5928 446.4 286.6
1.12 − 0.2579 0.5836 481.8 293.6
0.53 − 0.2349 0.5490 438.6 304.3
Rd 9 1.46 − 0.1699 0.5860 547.5 293.7
0.21 − 0.2302 0.5482 620.4 316.7

O Re 1 (b) − 0.1457 0.5560 565.2 292.9
Re 1 (c) − 0.2275 0.5433 580.4 337.8
Re 2 (a) 1.02 − 0.2514 0.5647 547.6 332.3
Re 3 1.24 − 0.1673 0.5663 549.8 299.6
0.70 − 0.1837 0.5558 553.6 337.6
0.40 − 0.2625 0.5502 600.5 345.0
Re 4 1.29 − 0.1639 0.5670 548.8 294.8
0.18 − 0.2639 0.5370 618.3 371.8

N2 Rf 1 1.63 − 0.1740 0.5438 550.3 316.6
Rf 2 (a), 9 0.2 − 0.1024 0.5050 718.5 352.2
Rf 3 (a) 0.95 − 0.1317 0.5372 625.9 320.4
0.77 − 0.1468 0.5346 643.4 330.9
0.43 − 0.2089 0.5625 683.3 390.9
Rf 4 (a) 0.21 − 0.1639 0.5172 747.7 415.2
Rf 5 1.61 − 0.08522 0.5352 596.6 253.8
Rf 6 (a) 0.59 − 0.3419 0.5330 545.8 342.8
Rf 7 0.35 − 0.1295 0.5142 691.4 374.1
Rf 8 0.53 − 0.1655 0.5215 639.4 376.7

CO Rg 1 0.17 0.0 0.4823 1013.0 188.4
Rg 2 1.61 − 0.3735 0.5490 467.2 363.4
Rg 3 0.14 0.0 0.4567 1163.0 158.5
Rg 4 0.26 − 0.08639 0.4953 738.5 336.9

Notes. (a) Krasnopolsky (2021, priv. comm.); (b) Photodissociation of CO that produces C and O in ground states; (c)Photodissociation of CO that produces C and O in excited states.

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