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A formulation (different from those adopted earlier) of the problem of numerical modeling of the altitude-time behavior of vibrationally excited molecular nitrogen has been presented. A conservative and absolutely stable difference scheme for the continuity equation with allowance for convective transfer has been proposed. The results of numerical calculations of the altitude-time behavior of different ionospheric parameters obtained on a mathematical model of ionospheric-plasmaspheric interactions have been given. The important role of vibrationally excited molecular nitrogen for such conditions has been noted. The times of establishment of the disturbed to background values of the concentrations of the excited components and the electrons and their temperatures have been determined.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 78, No. 6, pp. 26–33, November–December, 2005.
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Ishanov, S.A., Medvedev, V.V. Mathematical modeling of metastable components in the ionosphere of the earth. J Eng Phys Thermophys 78, 1071–1079 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-006-0036-y
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