#thermosphere — Public Fediverse posts

Third-Order Structure Functions of Zonal Winds in the #Thermosphere Using #CHAMP and #GOCE Observations: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL108367 -> Earth and space share the same turbulence; https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/289 - researchers find that air turbulence in earth’s thermosphere is governed by the same principles as those in the troposphere.

First detection of the atomic 18O isotope in the #mesosphere and lower #thermosphere of Earth (with #SOFIA): https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.013072#fulltext -> The first measurements of a heavy oxygen isotope in Earth’s upper atmosphere suggest that isotopic concentrations could become powerful probes of atmospheric processes at otherwise hard-to-probe altitudes: https://physics.aps.org/articles/v16/s19 and https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressreleases/2023/3