Is thermospheric long-term cooling due to CO<sub>2</sub> or O<sub>3</sub>?
While greenhouse gases trap heat emanating from the Earth and thereby heat the surface atmosphere, they act as emitters in the high atmosphere and cool the air there. In 1989 Roble and Dickinson (1989) estimated the cooling that would occur in the thermosphere (250–500 km altitude) due to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2011-10-01
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| Series: | Annales Geophysicae |
| Online Access: | https://www.ann-geophys.net/29/1779/2011/angeo-29-1779-2011.pdf |