\begin{table}%t2 \caption{\label{tabparam}Parameters used for the computation of production rates.} %\centerline {\small \begin{tabular}{lcccc} \hline\hline\noalign{\smallskip} UT date & $\langle r_{{\rm h}}\rangle$ & $v_{\rm exp}$ & Temp. & $\beta_{0\rm H_2O}^*$ \\[0cm] [mm/dd.d] & [AU] & [\kms] & [K] & [s$^{-1}$] \\ \hline\noalign{\smallskip} 03/06.60 & 1.518 & 0.70 & 45 & $1.42\times10^{-5}$ \\ 03/15.64 & 1.413 & 0.70 & 45 & $1.43\times10^{-5}$ \\ 03/24.59 & 1.311 & 0.78 & 50 & $1.47\times10^{-5}$ \\ 04/02.63 & 1.216 & 0.80 & 55 & $1.43\times10^{-5}$ \\ 04/13.62 & 1.113 & 0.80 & 65 & $1.39\times10^{-5}$ \\ 04/26.9 & 1.018 & 0.85 & 70 & $1.38\times10^{-5}$ \\ 04/30.2 & 1.000 & 0.85 & 70 & $1.36\times10^{-5}$ \\ 05/02.0 & 0.993 & 0.85 & 70 & $1.38\times10^{-5}$ \\ 05/02.6 & 0.990 & 0.85 & 70 & $1.38\times10^{-5}$ \\ 05/16.0 & 0.962 & 0.85 & 70 & $1.46\times10^{-5}$ \\ \hline\noalign{\smallskip} \multicolumn{5}{l}{H$_2$O--H$_2$O total cross section = $5\times10^{-14}$ cm$^2$} \\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{Electron density scaling factor $x_{\rm ne} = 0.2$} \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \par \medskip $^*$ Photo-dissociation rate at 1 AU from the Sun. \end{table}