aeronomy

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aer·on·o·my

(â-rŏn′ə-mē)

The study of the upper atmosphere, especially of regions of ionized gas.

aer·on′o·mer n.

aer′o·nom′ic, aer′o·nom′i·cal adj.

aer·on′o·mist n.

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aeronomy

(ɛəˈrɒnəmɪ)

(Physical Geography) the science of the earth's upper atmosphere

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ae•ron•o•my

(ɛəˈrɒn ə mi)

n.

the study of chemical and physical phenomena in the upper atmosphere.

[1955–60]

Translations

aeronomia

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Did Large Dust Storms Cause Water In Mars To Disappear?

Williams, 1995: Developments in UHF lower tropospheric wind profiling at NOAA's Aeronomy Laboratory.

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Sucksdorff, Guide for Magnetic Measurements and Observatory Practice, International association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Boulder, 1996, June 2018, http://www.iaga-aiga.org/data/uploads/pdf/guides/iaga-guideobservatories.pdf.

Improving Earth's Magnetic Field Measurements by Numerical Corrections of Thermal Drifts and Man-Made Disturbances

Sitnov, "Dipole coordinate system and some of its characteristics," Geomegnatism and Aeronomy, vol.

Vortex Structures inside Spherical Mesoscopic Superconductor Plus Magnetic Dipole

The largest run by the government--the highly specialized Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and Aeronomy at Boulder--reports to the Secretary of Commerce.

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Solomon, Aeronomy of the Middle Atmosphere, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 2005.

The Contribution of Geomagnetic Activity to Polar Ozone Changes in the Upper Atmosphere

Sharadze, "Phenomenon of F-scattering and drift of small-scale irregularities in the nightly F-region of the ionosphere," Geomagnetizm and Aeronomy, Vol.

Peculiarities of the Spatial Power Spectrum of Scattered Electromagnetic Waves in the Turbulent Collision Magnetized Plasma

The data from this WDC are provided in the format of IAGA (International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy) 2000, in which the magnetic field is represented by four components: Horizontal (H), declination (D), vertical (Z), and total field (F).

Criticality features in ULF magnetic fields prior to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake

Within ESSA, the name of CRPL was changed to the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and Aeronomy (ITSA).