Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995jatp...57..725c&link_type=abstract
Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics (ISSN 0021-9169), vol. 57, no. 7, p. 725-736
Physics
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Atmospheric Stratification, Calcium, Iron, Mesosphere, Metals, Neutral Atoms, Sodium, Thermosphere, Altitude, Causes, Density (Number/Volume), Latitude, Nocturnal Variations, Thickness
Scientific paper
Although the existence of thin ionized layers at heights around 100 km has been known for many years, it is only much more recently that thin neutral layers have been observed. Such layers, initially sodium and more recently calcium and iron, have been detected by lidar. The layers, with thicknesses between about 100 m and several kilometers, and concentrations between about 10(exp 2) and 10(exp 5)/cu cm, occur most frequently between 90 and 100 km, and are normally superimposed on a background layer about 10 km thick. The occurrence of thin netural layers appears to be latitude dependent, and is strongly linked to the appearance of Es on ionograms. Several causative mechanisms have been suggested, none of which appears to be capable of providing an altogether satisfactory explanation for the formation of layers.
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