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UPPER ATMOSPHERE

Specialty Definition: UPPER ATMOSPHERE

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Aerospace

The general term applied to the atmosphere above the troposphere. Compare upper air.For subdivision of the upper atmosphere, see atmospheric shell. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: UPPER ATMOSPHERE

English words defined with "UPPER ATMOSPHERE": antitrades. (references)
Specialty definitions using "UPPER ATMOSPHERE": ACRIMSAT, aeropause, airglowChapman region, chemosphere, chlorofluorocarbonsearth current, Earth Science EnterpriseGeospaceLyman-alpha radiationradio meteorSouthern/Northern Lights, sustainer enginetropical stormupper air. (references)

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Commercial Usage: UPPER ATMOSPHERE

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Books

  • Meteors in the Earth's Atmosphere : Meteoroids and Cosmic Dust and their Interactions with the Earth's Upper Atmosphere (reference)

  • The Solar-Terrestrial Environment : An Introduction to Geospace - the Science of the Terrestrial Upper Atmosphere, Ionosphere, and Magnetosphere (reference)

  • Earth The Upper Atmosphere, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: UPPER ATMOSPHERE

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Figure 32. Meteorological kite flown from the PRINCESS ALICE II. Professor Hugo Hergesell of Strasbourg interested Prince Albert in exploring the high atmosphere. As such, the first studies of the upper atmosphere while at sea were conducted off the PRINCESS ALICE II on April 12, 1904, to an altitude of 4500 meters. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Two polar explorers: W. S. Bruce and G. Isachsen. In the background is Professor Hergesell of Strasbourg who conducted many upper atmosphere experiments with sounding balloons between 1904 and 1907. Bruce overwintered in both the Arctic and Antarctic. He directed the British Scotia expedition. Plate IV, print 8. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns ..." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

A V-2 missile being launched - these missiles were used for early upper atmosphere studies. Credit: NOAA in Space.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Modern Translation: UPPER ATMOSPHERE

Language Translations for "UPPER ATMOSPHERE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

øvre atmosfære (upper air). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

bovenste atmosfeer (upper air). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ylempi ilmakehä (upper air). (various references)

   

French

  

haute atmosphère (upper air), atmosphère supérieure (upper air). (various references)

   

German

  

Hochatmosphäre (upper air). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ανώτερη ατμόσφαιρα (upper air). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

dirgantara (sky). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eruppay atmosphereay

   

Portuguese

  

atmosfera superior. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

atmósfera superior (upper air), atmósfera alta, alta atmósfera (upper air). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

övre atmosfär (upper air). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: UPPER ATMOSPHERE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-h-m-o-p-p-p-r-r-s-t-u"

-4 letters: spherometer, superheater, treehoppers.

-5 letters: aerometers, atmosphere, preemptors, preheaters, prematures, premeasure, puppeteers, reoperates, rheometers, treehopper, upperparts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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