Global change in the thermosphere: Compelling evidence of a secular decrease in density

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Feb 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004jgra..10902301e&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 109, Issue A2, CiteID A02301

Physics

Plasma Physics

38

Global Change: Atmosphere (0315, 0325), Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Thermosphere-Composition And Chemistry, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Pressure, Density, And Temperature, Space Plasma Physics: Spacecraft/Atmosphere Interactions

Scientific paper

We derive secular trends in upper thermospheric density from the historical orbital elements of 27 long-lived, near-Earth space objects. The results cover all levels of solar activity during the period 1996-2001, and each object indicates a long-term decrease of total mass density. The observed trends increase with increasing height from 200-700 km and are largest for solar minimum conditions; average values range from -2% to -5% per decade. The trends are largely independent of geomagnetic activity, local time, latitude, and season. We examine several possible sources of error in our results and conclude that none of them can individually account for the observed trends. The trends that we obtain are qualitatively, and in some cases quantitatively, consistent with available theoretical predictions of density decreases associated with the cooling effect of increased greenhouse gas concentrations.

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