Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976georl...3..718c&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 3, Dec. 1976, p. 718-720. Research supported by the Bundesministerium für Forschung und Tech
Physics
Aeros Satellite, Atmospheric Density, Atmospheric Temperature, Temperature Measurement, Thermosphere, Argon, Density Distribution, Exosphere, Gas Temperature, Mass Spectroscopy, Nitrogen, Satellite Orbits
Scientific paper
The neutral composition and the temperature data obtained from the AEROS-B Neutral Atmosphere Temperature Experiment (NATE) and the Neutral and Ion Mass Spectrometer (NIMS) are compared, and the general validity of inferring gas temperatures from N2 and Ar density profiles is examined by comparing them with the in situ measured values of the neutral kinetic temperature (NATE). At times serious discrepancies are noted between the inferred and the measured temperature. This is particularly evident during periods of increased magnetic activity when the normally observed latitudinal variations are apparently modulated by waves propagating from the polar region to low latitudes. Under these conditions the N2 and Ar densities and temperature oscillations are usually out of phase, and the temperatures inferred from N2 and Ar at a given point become meaningless.
Chandra Sharat
Krankowsky Dieter
Laemmerzahl P.
Spencer Nelson W.
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