TEMPERATURE-VARIATIONS AT ALTITUDES OF 52 KM FROM SPACE OBSERVATIONS OF STAR SETTINGS

Authors
GRECHKO GM GURVICH AS KAN V PAKHOMOV AI SAVCHENKO SA SEREBROV AA
Citation
Gm. Grechko et al., TEMPERATURE-VARIATIONS AT ALTITUDES OF 52 KM FROM SPACE OBSERVATIONS OF STAR SETTINGS, Izvestia Akademii nauk. Rossijskaa akademia nauk. Fizika atmosfery iokeana, 32(6), 1996, pp. 790-795
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences",Oceanografhy
Journal title
Izvestia Akademii nauk. Rossijskaa akademia nauk. Fizika atmosfery iokeana → ACNP
ISSN journal
10236317
Volume
32
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
790 - 795
Database
ISI
SICI code
1023-6317(1996)32:6<790:TAAO5K>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Observations of a star setting from the Mir space station revealed lay ered inhomogeneities in the atmosphere at heights of about 52 km with substantial, mainly positive, temperature gradients. Under the assumpt ion of the local spherical symmetry of the inhomogeneities, the thickn ess and temperature gradient of these layers were estimated to range f rom 50 to 200 m and from -7 to 4 K/100 m, respectively.