Indication of shrinking atmosphere above Tromsø (69 °N, 19 °E)

Abstract At Tromsø (69 °N; 19 °E), ionospheric data from 1952 onwards indicate that the mean altitude of the F2 layer is dropping by 4 km per decade on average. This effect is thought to be attributable to middle atmosphere cooling due to increasing concentrations of anthropogenic carbon dioxide and...

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Published in:Atmospheric Science Letters
Main Authors: Hall, C. M., Cannon, P. S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2001
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/asle.2001.0034
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Summary:Abstract At Tromsø (69 °N; 19 °E), ionospheric data from 1952 onwards indicate that the mean altitude of the F2 layer is dropping by 4 km per decade on average. This effect is thought to be attributable to middle atmosphere cooling due to increasing concentrations of anthropogenic carbon dioxide and methane. Copyright © 2003 Royal Meteorological Society.