DENSITY AND TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS IN THE INTERVENING LAYER (90-150 KM),

Abstract

The current extent of our knowledge of the atmospheric structure of the intervening layer is surveyed in terms of the integrated information that model atmospheres are able to provide. A severe test of the accuracy of this knowledge is available from studies of satellite re-entry and impact predictions. By means of schematic examples, model atmospheres that are essentially only empirical correlations are contrasted with those incorporating physical relations. Their relative applicability to basic and applied studies is discussed, and attention is drawn to such convenient, but probably inappropriate features as monotonic temperature structures, simplified mesopause properties, and fixed boundary conditions.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0652197

Entities

People

  • Gerhard F. Schilling

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Atmosphere (Earth)
  • Atmospheres
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Boundaries
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Environment
  • Mesopause

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris