• DocumentCode
    975957
  • Title

    The Constitution and Composition of the Upper Atmosphere

  • Author

    Nicolet, Marcel

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Radiation, Royal Meteorological Institute, Brussels, Belgium
  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1959
  • Firstpage
    142
  • Lastpage
    147
  • Abstract
    A general survey is made of various observations and theoretical possibilities which concern the problems involved in the study of the constitution and composition of the upper atmosphere. The basic problem of the composition of the homosphere and heterosphere is studied after considering the nature of dissociation processes and vertical transport by diffusion. Finally, the effect of thermal conduction on the temperature distribution is shown to be of importance over the entire thermosphere above the E layer.
  • Keywords
    Constitution; Earth; Gases; Infrared heating; Meteorology; Physics; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Terrestrial atmosphere; Thermal conductivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IRE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-8390
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JRPROC.1959.287258
  • Filename
    4065653
    • Link To Document
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