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IN NATURE of April 27, 1929 (vol. 123, p. 642), it has been mentioned that an examination of the two maxima of the frequency curve of the heights of the bases of the aurora led to the conclusion that at 70° latitude the mass of air situated above 100 km. over the ground at ebb-tide is equal to the mass of air situated above 106 km. at flood-tide.
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EGEDAL, J. The Tides of the Upper Atmosphere and the Heights of Meteors. Nature 124, 913–914 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124913b0
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