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K - Atmospheric Models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2010

Robert W. Schunk  and
Andrew F. Nagy
Robert W. Schunk
Affiliation:
Utah State University
Andrew F. Nagy
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Introduction

Empirical models of the Venus and terrestrial upper atmospheres have been developed. Tables K. 1 and K.2 provide representative values of the Venus neutral temperature and densities for noon and midnight conditions, respectively. The values are from the Venus International Reference Atmosphere (VIRA) model.1 Representative neutral temperatures and densities for the Earth's thermosphere are given in Tables K.3 to K.6. The tables provide typical values at noon and midnight for both solar maximum and minimum conditions, and for quiet geomagnetic activity. The neutral parameters are from the Mass Spectrometer and Incoherent Scatter (MSIS) empirical model.

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Ionospheres
Physics, Plasma Physics, and Chemistry
 , pp. 532 - 538
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2000

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