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Mapping the wind in the polar thermosphere a case study within the CEDAR Program

Author(s) -

Smith Roger W.,

Meriwether John W.,

Hernandez Gonzalo,

David Rees,

Wickwar Vincent,

Beaujardiere Odile,

Killeen Timothy L.

Publication year - 1989

Publication title -

eos, transactions american geophysical union

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316

H-Index - 86

eISSN - 2324-9250

pISSN - 0096-3941

DOI - 10.1029/89eo00086

Subject(s) - thermosphere , atmosphere (unit) , atmospheric sciences , altitude (triangle) , polar , mixing ratio , atmospheric temperature , ionosphere , environmental science , astrobiology , atmosphere of earth , physics , meteorology , geophysics , astronomy , geometry , mathematics

The thermosphere is that region of neutral atmosphere in which atmospheric constituents are gravitationally bound to the Earth but are barometrically distributed according to their molecular or atomic weights. Unlike the lower atmosphere, mixing processes a reweak, which allows each constituent gas to behave independently. The thermosphere begins at about 100‐km‐altitude and extends up to 500 km or beyond. The temperature increases with height throughout the layer, which is a stabilizing influence.

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