Figure 8From: Electron excitation and energy transfer rates for H2O in the upper atmosphereExcitation Rates for higher energy transitions. Present electron impact excitation rates (10-7 /s), as a function of altitude (km), for the remaining excited electronic states pertaining to this study. These remaining states are labelled 9 through 27, where 9 refers to the d ˜ 3 MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagaart1ev2aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacH8bkY=wiFfYlOipiY=Hhbbf9v8qqaqFr0xc9vqpe0di9q8qqpG0dHiVcFbIOFHK8Feei0lXdar=Jb9qqFfeaYRXxe9vr0=vr0=LqpWqaaeaabiGaciaacaqabeaabeqacmaaaOqaaiqbdsgaKzaaiaWaaWbaaSqabeaacqaIZaWmaaaaaa@2D78@ A1 state, 27 refers to the final 1A1 state and the rest are in the same order as listed in table 1.Back to article page