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Laser induced fluorescence detected optical V-type double resonance spectroscopy in a free jet has been employed to access and to assign rovibronic states of $NO2$ above the dissociation threshold $E0$. The measured homogeneous linewidths of isolated lines above the dissociation threshold have been converted into specific rate constants k(E,J). The rate constants, its fluctuations, and its dependence on E and J will be discussed in terms of statistical theories.