Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988georl..15.1267c&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 15, Oct. 1988, p. 1267-1270.
Physics
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Atmospheric Composition, Sodium, Wind Shear, Gravity Waves, Vertical Distribution, Wind Effects
Scientific paper
A mechanism is proposed for the formation of the thin layers of enhanced concentration observed in the atmospheric layer. The proposed mechanism involves the wind-shear distortion of initially thick Na clouds of limited horizontal extent, originally produced by the deposition of material of extraterrestrial origin. This mechanism explains almost all the observed characteristics of the enhanced layers, including their height of occurrence, small vertical extent, vertical motion, rapid growth and decay, and highly variable duration.
Batista Pedro
Clemesha Barclay R.
Simonich Dale M.
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