Cross sections of the nitrogen atom in \AA$^2$ for the direct ionization, excitation-autoionization, total ionization from the ground level $2s^22p^3\ ^4$S and metastable $^2$D and $^2$P terms, and the cross section for the ground (70\%)--metastable (30\% $^2$D) mixture as functions of the incident electron energy $T$ in eV.} T & From $^4$S & \multicolumn{3}{c}{From $^2$D} & \multicolumn{3} {c}{From $^2$P} & 70/30 Mix \cline{3-5} \cline{6-8} & Total & Direct & Excitation & Total & Direct & Excitation & Total & \\ 12 & 0 & 0 & 0 14 & 0.0499 & 0.224 & 0.274 16 & 0.167 & 0.325 & 0.492 18 & 0.303 & 0.381 & 0.684 20 & 0.433 & 0.417 & 0.849 25 & 0.703 & 0.463 & 1.166 30 & 0.925 & 0.481 & 1.406 35 & 1.110 & 0.485 & 1.594 40 & 1.251 & 0.482 & 1.733 45 & 1.359 & 0.475 & 1.834 50 & 1.441 & 0.467 & 1.907 60 & 1.548 & 0.446 & 1.995 70 & 1.606 & 0.426 & 2.031 80 & 1.632 & 0.405 & 2.037 90 & 1.638 & 0.387 & 2.025 100 & 1.631 & 0.369 & 2.001 120 & 1.596 & 0.338 & 1.934 150 & 1.517 & 0.300 & 1.817 180 & 1.432 & 0.270 & 1.702 200 & 1.377 & 0.254 & 1.630 250 & 1.250 & 0.220 & 1.470 300 & 1.142 & 0.195 & 1.337 350 & 1.051 & 0.175 & 1.226 400 & 0.972 & 0.159 & 1.132 450 & 0.905 & 0.146 & 1.052 500 & 0.848 & 0.136 & 0.983 600 & 0.752 & 0.118 & 0.871 700 & 0.677 & 0.105 & 0.783 800 & 0.617 & 0.095 & 0.712 900 & 0.566 & 0.087 & 0.653 1000 & 0.524 & 0.080 & 0.604 2000 & 0.307 & 0.046 & 0.352 3000 & 0.220 & 0.0325 & 0.253 4000 & 0.173 & 0.0256 & 0.199 5000 & 0.144 & 0.0212 & 0.165