Publication Date:
2011-08-16
Description:
The present work attempts to illustrate some of the differences one would expect to find between inferred thermospheric temperatures (i.e., inferred from satellite drag observation of mass density or from molecular nitrogen in situ mass spectrometer measurements) and direct gas temperature measurements (as have been made on board the San Marco satellite). The various temperatures are simulated with theoretical models for the diurnal and annual variations in the thermosphere.
Keywords:
GEOPHYSICS
Type:
Journal of Geophysical Research; 79; July 1
Format:
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