Look up: Thermosphere


  1. Thermosphere
    Outermost layer of the atmosphere, above the mesosphere.
    Found op http://www-v0ims.gsfc.nasa.gov/v0ims/glossary.of.terms.html

  2. thermosphere
    [n] - the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=thermosphere

  3. thermosphere
    Thermosphere is the layer of the earth's atmosphere extending from the top of the mesosphere (80 km - 90 km above the surface) to about 500 km. It is characterized by a rapid increase in temperature with increasing altitude up to about 200 km, followed by a leveling off in the 300 km - 500 km region...
    Found op http://www.ktf-split.hr/periodni/en/abc/t.html

  4. Thermosphere
    The layer of the atmosphere lying between 100 - 400 km altitude. More information here.
    Found op http://www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk/tour/glossary.html

  5. thermosphere
    noun the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=thermosphere

  6. thermosphere
    region of increasing temperature in Earth`s atmosphere that is located above the mesosphere. The base of the thermosphere (the mesopause) is at an ... [3 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/37

  7. thermosphere
    thermosphere In meteorology, the atmospheric layer, constituting essentially all of the atmosphere above the mesosphere (that is, above about 80-90 km altitude), in which temperature increases with height; includes the exosphere and most or all of the ionosphere. In the area above the mesosphere, th...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1999/7



  1. Thermosphere
    The thermosphere is the layer of the Earth`s atmosphere directly above the mesosphere and directly below the exosphere. Within this layer, ultraviolet radiation causes ionization. The International Space Station has a stable orbit within the middle of the thermosphere, between {convert|320|and|380|...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermosphere

  2. Thermosphere
    Atmospheric layer above the mesosphere (above 80 kilometers) characterized by air temperatures rising rapidly with height. The thermosphere is the hottest layer in the atmosphere. In the thermosphere, gamma, X-ray, and specific wavelengths of ultraviolet radiation are absorbed by certain gases in th...
    Found op http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/t.html

  3. THERMOSPHERE
    A thermal classification, it is the layer of the atmosphere located between the mesosphere and outer space. It is a region of steadily increasing temperature with altitude, and includes all of the exosphere and most, if not all, of the ionosphere.
    Found op http://www.weather.com/glossary/t.html

  4. thermosphere
    that part of the Earth's atmosphere located above the mesosphere in which temperature increases and then remains constant with increasing height and from which there is virtually no further escape of particles to free space NOTE - The thermosphere extends to a height of 500 to 600 km.
    Found op http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=705-06-12

  5. thermosphere
    An upper part of Earth`s atmosphere that includes the ionosphere and extends from an altitude of 85 km (above the mesopause), where the temperature is about -33 °C, to the lower level of the exosphere at 500 km, where the temperature is about 1,500 °C. The thermosphere is known be very activ...
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/T/thermosphere.html

  6. thermosphere
    Layer in the Earth's atmosphere above the mesosphere and below the exosphere. Its lower level is about 80 km/50 mi above the ground, but its upper level is undefined. The ionosphere is located in the thermosphere. In the thermosphere the temperature rises with increasing height to several thousand d...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0007797.html

  7. thermosphere
    1) Last layer of the earth's atmosphere 2) Layer 3) Outermost layer of the atmosphere, above the mesosphere
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/thermosphere/1

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