Meteorological Investigations of the Upper Atmosphere: Proceedings of the American Meteorological Society Symposium on Meteorological Investigations Above 70 Kilometers, Miami Beach, Florida, 31 May–2 June 1967

Front Matter....Pages N2-vi
Purpose of the Symposium....Pages 1-1
Research on the Lower Fringe of Space....Pages 2-6
Aerospace Systems Requirements for Environmental Data in the Altitude Range 60–200 Km....Pages 7-18
Solar Influences and Their Variations....Pages 19-31
Reactions Related to Atmospheric Ozone Chemistry....Pages 32-36
Lower Atmospheric Energy Sources for the Upper Atmosphere....Pages 37-46
Composition of the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere....Pages 47-56
Temperature, Density and Pressure Variations in the Stratosphere and the Mesosphere....Pages 57-71
The Structure of the Thermosphere and Its Variations....Pages 72-81
Density and Temperature Variations in the Intervening Layer (90–150 Km)....Pages 82-89
A Numerical Study of the Variable Structure of the Lower Thermosphere....Pages 90-97
The General Circulation of the Atmosphere Above 60 Km....Pages 98-113
Tidal Oscillations, Shorter Period Gravity Waves and Shear Waves....Pages 114-121
Some Observations of Turbulence in the 80 to 110 Km Region of the Upper Atmosphere....Pages 122-128
D-Region Phenomena and Stratospheric-Mesospheric Coupling....Pages 129-138
The Influence of the Neutral Wind Field on the Distribution of Ionization in the E-Region....Pages 139-147
Relative Motion of Ion and Neutral Clouds....Pages 148-151
Ionospheric Winds and Associated Geomagnetic Variations....Pages 152-157
Meteorological Rocket Measurements in the Mesosphere....Pages 158-169
Grenade Experiments in a Program of Synoptic Meteorological Measurements....Pages 170-175
Falling Sphere Measurements, 30 to 120 Km....Pages 176-189
Winds and Densities from Radar Meteor Trail Returns, 80 to 120 Km....Pages 190-195
Techniques and Precisions Associated with Chemical Trail Measurements....Pages 196-200
Recent Measurements of the Lower Thermosphere Structure....Pages 201-207
System for Collecting Worldwide Lower Thermosphere Data....Pages 208-212
The Influence of Lower Boundary Conditions on Thermospheric Models....Pages 213-214
Theoretical Approaches to the Problems of the Neutral Atmosphere....Pages 215-217
Deducing the Structure and Circulation of the Neutral Component in Ionized Layers....Pages 218-221
Special Problems of Measurement Below 100 Km....Pages 222-224
Particulate Matter in the Region 70 to 100 Km....Pages 225-227
Back Matter....Pages 228-229
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