SABER REVEALS UPPER ATMOSPHERE'S 'BREATHING' PATTERN, IN RHYTHM WITH SUN
December 15, 2008
December 15, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15 -- NASA's Earth Observatory division issued the following press release:
A NASA satellite has observed for the first time a "breathing," an expansion and contraction, of the Earth's upper atmosphere in response to periodic, high-speed solar winds.
Jeff Thayer, of the University of Colorado, Geoff Crowley, of Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates and Marty Mlynczak, of NASA Langley Research Center, will presen . . .
A NASA satellite has observed for the first time a "breathing," an expansion and contraction, of the Earth's upper atmosphere in response to periodic, high-speed solar winds.
Jeff Thayer, of the University of Colorado, Geoff Crowley, of Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates and Marty Mlynczak, of NASA Langley Research Center, will presen . . .