Super-rotation of Upper Atmosphere

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 1971 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 231, pages 109-110 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: D H, Weinstein; J, Keeney;

doi: 10.1038/231109b0

pmid: 16062574

Super-rotation of Upper Atmosphere

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RECENT publications1,2 report that the mean rotational speed of the Earth's upper atmosphere at altitudes of about 200–400 km is faster than that of the Earth. Rishbeth3 has suggested that an induced electric polarization field at low latitudes plays a part in this “super-rotation”. We offer here an alternative explanation, based on the Scott effect4.

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