The midnight temperature maximum in the earth's equatorial thermosphere

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Jun 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979georl...6..444s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 6, June 1979, p. 444-446.

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Equatorial Atmosphere, Neutral Particles, Nitrogen Atoms, Temperature Measurement, Thermosphere, Diurnal Variations, Kinetic Energy, Maxima, Night, Pressure Effects, Wind Effects

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The paper reports in situ direct measurements of regularly observed thermosphere neutral particle (i.e., N2) temperature maxima that occur predominantly after midnight. The measurements were made using the Neutral Atmosphere Temperature Instrument aboard Atmosphere Explorer-E in circular orbit (inclination 19 deg) at about 275 km. Hundreds of midnight temperature maxima were observed, some having values exceeding the well-known afternoon maximum. Simultaneous in situ direct measurements of the wind component normal to the orbit plane have also been obtained and observed to correlate in a systematic way with the temperature maxima.

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