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Layer of the atmosphere directly above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere
The mesosphere (/ˈmɛsəsfɪər, ˈmɛz-, ˈmiːsə-, -zə-/; from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos) 'middle' and -sphere) is the third layer of the atmosphere, directly
Mesosphere
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up mesosphere in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The mesosphere is the region of Earth's atmosphere directly above the stratosphere, and directly
Mesosphere_(disambiguation)
Gas layer surrounding Earth
as temperature and composition, namely the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere (formally the ionosphere), and exosphere. Air composition
Atmosphere_of_Earth
Layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere
the atmosphere of Earth, located above the troposphere and below the mesosphere. Pronounced /ˈstrætəˌsfɪər, -toʊ-/, the name originates from Ancient Greek
Stratosphere
Software to manage computer clusters
Siri on Mesos". Mesosphere.com. Mesosphere. Archived from the original on 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2015-04-27. "Verizon selects Mesosphere DCOS as nationwide
Apache_Mesos
Living and non-living things on Earth
thermopause at altitudes ranging from 1,600,000 to 3,300,000 feet. Mesosphere: The mesosphere extends from the stratopause to 80–85 km (50–53 mi; 262,000–279
Natural_environment
Visible mass of particles suspended in the atmosphere
Earth's homosphere, which includes the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere. Nephology is the science of clouds, which is undertaken in the cloud
Cloud
Region from 660 to 2900 km below Earth's surface
The lower mantle, historically also called the mesosphere, occupies about 56% of the total volume of Earth, and is the region from 660 to 2,890 km (410
Lower_mantle
NLCs Night Shining Clouds
vapour through chemical reactions once the methane molecules reach the mesosphere – creating, or reinforcing existing, noctilucent clouds. No confirmed
Noctilucent_cloud
NASA satellite of the Explorer program
The Solar Mesosphere Explorer (also known as Explorer 64) was a 1980s NASA spacecraft to investigate the processes that create and destroy ozone in Earth's
Solar_Mesosphere_Explorer
Biogeochemical cycle
of the ozone production occurs in the tropical upper stratosphere and mesosphere. The total mass of ozone produced per day over the globe is about 400
Ozone–oxygen_cycle
Electrical discharges above thunderstorm clouds
or red sprites are large-scale electric discharges that occur in the mesosphere, high above thunderstorm clouds, or cumulonimbus, giving rise to a varied
Sprite_(lightning)
American Atmospheric Observation Satellite
The TIMED (Thermosphere • Ionosphere • Mesosphere • Energetics and Dynamics) mission is dedicated to study the influences that energetics and dynamics
TIMED
Boundary between the mesosphere and thermosphere
mesopause is the point of minimum temperature at the boundary between the mesosphere and the thermosphere atmospheric regions. Due to the lack of solar heating
Mesopause
NASA satellite of the Explorer program
The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM or Explorer 90) was a NASA satellite launched in 2007 to conduct a planned 26-month study of noctilucent clouds
Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere
Aeronomy_of_Ice_in_the_Mesosphere
Third planet from the Sun
atmosphere above the troposphere, is usually divided into the stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere. Each layer has a different lapse rate, defining the
Earth
(PMC) layer at 83–84 km. The usual instrument for observing PMSE is a VHF Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) radar, although LIDARs and sounding rockets
Polar mesospheric summer echoes
Polar_mesospheric_summer_echoes
Layer of the Earth's atmosphere above the mesosphere and below the exosphere
thermosphere is the layer in the Earth's atmosphere directly above the mesosphere and below the exosphere. Within this layer of the atmosphere, ultraviolet
Thermosphere
Gas layer surrounding Venus
characteristic S-shaped pattern of clouds. Above there is an intermediate layer of mesosphere which separates the troposphere from the thermosphere. The thermosphere
Atmosphere_of_Venus
dispersed, limb scattered sunlight from the upper troposphere into the lower mesosphere. OSIRIS is one of two instruments on the Odin satellite, launched February
Odin-OSIRIS
Void between celestial bodies
aerospace records keeping. Certain portions of the upper stratosphere and the mesosphere are sometimes referred to as "near space". The framework for international
Outer_space
Body that enters the Earth's atmosphere
shedding glowing material in its wake. Meteors typically occur in the mesosphere at altitudes from 76–100 kilometres (47–62 miles). The root word meteor
Meteor
Ionized part of Earth's upper atmosphere
above sea level, a region that includes the thermosphere and parts of the mesosphere and exosphere. The ionosphere is ionized by solar radiation. It plays
Ionosphere
Outermost layer of an atmosphere
five primary layers of the Earth's atmosphere: exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere. The layers are to scale. From the Earth's
Exosphere
Swedish satellite with radiometer, launched in 2001
2) in interstellar clouds. Odin observed carbon monoxide in the strato-mesosphere. Odin has studied nitrous oxides in the atmosphere. Spaceflight portal
Odin_(satellite)
Conventional definition of the edge of space
miles (80 km) above mean sea level, approximately the line between the mesosphere and the thermosphere. NASA formerly used the FAI's 100-kilometre (62-mile)
Kármán_line
Interior of the earth
structure is of a rigid lithosphere, a semi-fluid asthenosphere, a rigid mesosphere, a liquid outer core, and a solid inner core. Its chemical structure is
Internal_structure_of_Earth
Height in relation to a specified reference point
Troposphere to 50 kilometres (31 mi) Mesosphere: Stratosphere to 85 kilometres (53 mi) Thermosphere: Mesosphere to 675 kilometres (419 mi) Exosphere:
Altitude
Layer of gases surrounding an astronomical body held by gravity
troposphere-stratosphere, the next layer of the atmosphere is termed the mesosphere. In this region, the water vapor and carbon dioxide serves as a heat sink
Atmosphere
Wave where gravity is the main restoring force
the transfer of momentum from the troposphere to the stratosphere and mesosphere. Gravity waves are generated in the troposphere by frontal systems or
Gravity_wave
Region of Earth's atmosphere
atmospheres of other planets. It includes various layers such as: The mesosphere, which on Earth lies between the altitudes of about 50 and 80 kilometres
Upper_atmosphere
Lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere
the exosphere at 600+ km; (ii) the thermosphere at 600 km; (iii) the mesosphere at 95–120 km; (iv) the stratosphere at 50–60 km; and (v) the troposphere
Troposphere
Physical quantity that expresses hot and cold in the atmosphere
layer, the mesosphere, extends from the stratopause to the mesopause (located at an altitude of 85 km (53 mi)). Temperatures in the mesosphere decrease
Atmospheric_temperature
Fast-flowing atmospheric air current
v t e Earth's atmosphere Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Thermosphere Exosphere Tropopause Stratopause Mesopause Thermopause / Exobase Ozone layer
Jet_stream
Upper boundary of the stratosphere
atmosphere which is the boundary between two layers: the stratosphere and the mesosphere. In the stratosphere, the temperature increases with altitude, and the
Stratopause
First human flight into the mesosphere
surpassing the stratopause. Thus Walker became the first human to reach the mesosphere. This human altitude record lasted about two weeks, until Yuri Gagarin
X-15_Flight_35
Atmospheric effect caused by the solar wind
travelling horizontally in a waveguide through an inversion layer in the mesosphere in presence of electron precipitation. Fragments of Aurora-like Emission
Aurora
Atmospheric model
47,350 0.0 −2.5 (270.65) 110.91 0.0014 5 Mesosphere 51,000 51,412 +2.8 −2.5 (270.65) 66.939 0.0009 6 Mesosphere 71,000 71,802 +2.0 −58.5 (214.65) 3.9564
International Standard Atmosphere
International_Standard_Atmosphere
Resource limit method in Linux
kernel.org source code. 18 December 2012. "Mesosphere to Bring Google's Kubernetes to Mesos". Mesosphere.io. 10 July 2014. Archived from the original
Cgroups
Region of the stratosphere
v t e Earth's atmosphere Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Thermosphere Exosphere Tropopause Stratopause Mesopause Thermopause / Exobase Ozone layer
Ozone_layer
States of matter for water as a solid
form in the coldest region of the Earth's atmosphere, the summer polar mesosphere, where noctilucent clouds exist. These low temperatures are readily achieved
Phases_of_ice
Fields of natural science related to Earth
the mesosphere and below the exosphere Mesopause – The temperature minimum at the boundary between the mesosphere and the thermosphere Mesosphere – The
Outline_of_Earth_science
Layer inside a planetary-mass object
heat budget Lehmann discontinuity Mantle xenoliths Mantle convection Mesosphere (mantle) Numerical modeling (geology) Primitive mantle Katharina., Lodders
Mantle_(geology)
Boundary between troposphere and stratosphere
Marcel (July 1984). "On the photodissociation of water vapour in the mesosphere". Planetary and Space Science. 32 (7): 871–880. Bibcode:1984P&SS...32
Tropopause
Science of the upper region of the Earth's or other planetary atmospheres
atmosphere's boundary with outer space and is defined as consisting of the mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere and their ionized component, the ionosphere
Aeronomy
Change in sea level due to gravity
gravitational and thermal in origin and are the dominant dynamics in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere, about 80 to 120 kilometres (50 to 75 mi), above
Tide
American test pilot (1921–1966)
the Air Force and NASA. In 1961, Walker became the first human in the mesosphere when piloting Flight 35, and in 1963, Walker made three flights above
Joseph_A._Walker
Aerospace manufacturer
reaction wheels of: the Kepler spacecraft, the Hayabusa spacecraft, the Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) satellite, and the Dawn spacecraft, which
Collins_Aerospace
Seventh planet from the Sun
extending from 4,000 km to as high as 50,000 km from the surface. There is no mesosphere. The composition of Uranus's atmosphere is different from its bulk, consisting
Uranus
Skydiving from near space
2014 when he jumped from 135,898 feet (41.422 km). Higher jumps from the mesosphere or thermosphere have yet to be successfully performed, though Orbital
Space_diving
List of space missions by NASA
2007, operational Small Explorer program (SMEX) Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM), launched April 2007, completed Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (FAST)
List_of_NASA_missions
Static pressure exerted by the weight of the Earth's atmosphere
Pressure varies smoothly from the Earth's surface to the top of the mesosphere. Although the pressure changes with the weather, NASA has averaged the
Atmospheric_pressure
Altitude in the Earth's atmosphere below which turbulent mixing dominates
Earth's turbopause lies near the mesopause, at the intersection of the mesosphere and the thermosphere, at an altitude of roughly 90 km (56 mi). Some other
Turbopause
Concentrated areas of wind due to atmospheric pressure or temperature gradients
not only found in the troposphere, but extend to the stratosphere and mesosphere. A difference in air pressure causes an air displacement and generates
Air_current
Chemical element with atomic number 8 (O)
the Middle Atmosphere: Chemistry and Physics of the Stratosphere and Mesosphere. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 220–. ISBN 978-1-4020-3824-2.
Oxygen
Ukrainian-American programmer
and distributed systems. Since 2016, he has worked as an engineer at Mesosphere, a company that develops software for data centers, and at Dropbox In
Anatoly_Yakovenko
Study of the atmosphere, its processes, and its interactions with other systems
the Middle Atmosphere : Chemistry and Physics of the Stratosphere and Mesosphere. Springer. pp. xi. ISBN 978-94-009-6403-7. Sheppard, S. S.; Jewitt, D
Atmospheric_science
Defunct American aerospace and defence company
reaction wheels of the Kepler spacecraft, the Hayabusa spacecraft, the Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) satellite and the Dawn spacecraft, which
UTC_Aerospace_Systems
Radio observatory in Lima, Peru
from equatorial irregularities generated in troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, equatorial electrojet, E and F region. Given the strength of the echoes
Jicamarca_Radio_Observatory
Rocket designed to take measurements during its flight
geophysical observations of the magnetosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, and mesosphere. The origin of the term comes from nautical vocabulary to sound, which
Sounding_rocket
Faint emission of light by a planetary atmosphere
aurorae stretching over several hundred kilometers upward and the pink mesosphere, white and blue stratosphere, as well as orange troposphere afterglow
Airglow
Most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested
which meant that the cloud was above the stratosphere and well inside the mesosphere when it peaked. The base was 40 km (25 mi) wide. A Soviet cameraman said:
Tsar_Bomba
Planned Indian Venus orbiter
will measure the vertical distribution of aerosols and haze in Venus’s mesosphere. Narrow band oxygen Airglow detection in Venusian Atmosphere (NAVA): The
Venus_Orbiter_Mission
Matter with biological processes
atmosphere. For example, spores of Aspergillus niger have been detected in the mesosphere at an altitude of 48 to 77 km. Under test conditions, life forms have
Life
Open-source container software
support for it: VMware (proponent of Pivotal Cloud Foundry) in August, Mesosphere, Inc. (proponent of Marathon and Mesos) in September, Docker, Inc. (proponent
Kubernetes
Global-scale periodic oscillations of the atmosphere
These tides propagate away from the source regions and ascend into the mesosphere and thermosphere. Atmospheric tides can be measured as regular fluctuations
Atmospheric_tide
Microscopic solid or liquid matter suspended in the Earth's atmosphere
Observatory: troposphere (darkest), tropopause (brown), stratosphere (gray), mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere (blues). Colors are due to the dominant gases
Particulate_matter
Submarine volcano near Tongatapu, Tonga
Americas, along with a volcanic plume that soared 58 km (36 miles) into the mesosphere. It was the largest volcanic eruption since the 1991 eruption of Mount
Hunga_Tonga–Hunga_Haʻapai
Indian space research institution
Atmospheric Sciences. The research institute was started in 1992 as National Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility (NMRF). Over the years many
National Atmospheric Research Laboratory
National_Atmospheric_Research_Laboratory
Atmospheric wave disturbance
layers of the atmosphere, such as the mesospheric bore which occurs in the mesosphere. Rare but not unknown in a great many locations, the waves appear with
Undular_bore
Mathematical simulation of how air pollutants disperse in the ambient atmosphere
extends from 18 km (11 mi) to about 50 km (31 mi). The third layer is the mesosphere which extends from 50 km (31 mi) to about 80 km (50 mi). There are other
Atmospheric dispersion modeling
Atmospheric_dispersion_modeling
Dynamics of naturally occurring flows
Going upwards from the ground, these are the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. The density of air is mainly determined
Geophysical_fluid_dynamics
Excess artificial light in an environment
sources: airglow and scattered light. At high altitudes, primarily above the mesosphere, there is enough UV radiation from the sun at very short wavelengths to
Light_pollution
Topics referred to by the same term
under Eclipse, an environment in the SIGNAL programming language Solar Mesosphere Explorer, an Earth observation satellite Standard-Model Extension, in
SME
Sub-field of physics dealing with the atmosphere's structure, composition, and motion
able to propagate away from these source regions and ascend into the mesosphere and thermosphere. Atmospheric tides can be measured as regular fluctuations
Atmospheric_physics
Electromagnetic wave range of 30–300 MHz
List of oldest radio stations Apex (radio band) FM broadcast band Polar mesosphere summer echoes Television channel frequencies Knife-edge effect VHF omnidirectional
Very_high_frequency
Layer of an atmosphere where the bulk gases are homogeneously mixed
90 km (56 mi). It incorporates all of the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and the lower part of the thermosphere. Chemically the homosphere is
Homosphere
Prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle
the bright head of the trail, and the recombination glow of the ionised mesosphere is still visible for about 0.7 seconds in the tail. (Variant of the animation
Perseids
middle Greek μέσος (mésos) Mesolithic, mesophile, mesophilic, mesoscopic, mesosphere, mesozoic met-, meta- above, among, beyond Greek μετά (metá) metabolism
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/H–O
List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/H–O
Air-launched rocket
Space Force". NASASpaceFlight.com. ESA. "AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere)". Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020
Northrop_Grumman_Pegasus
Scientific study of celestial objects
the VLT at Paranal Observatory projecting a laser guide star into the mesosphere to enable adaptive optics observations of the Galactic Center. Astrophysics
Astronomy
American atmospheric chemist
the Middle Atmosphere: Chemistry and Physics of the Stratosphere and Mesosphere, 3rd Edition, Springer, 2005 ISBN 1-4020-3284-6 – Describes the atmospheric
Susan_Solomon
Region of Earth's atmosphere
aerodynamics in order to achieve flight. This range includes the stratosphere, mesosphere and lower thermosphere layers of the Earth's atmosphere. Larger ranges
Near_space
Worldview of Earth as an enclosed biosystem
Atmosphere Atmosphere of Earth Prebiotic atmosphere Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Thermosphere Exosphere Weather Climate Climate system Energy balance Climate
Spaceship_Earth
Research institute
to create the weather and climate observed from the troposphere to the mesosphere. This includes observational and theoretical research on the interactive
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Cooperative_Institute_for_Research_in_Environmental_Sciences
Sovereign wealth fund of Qatar
Million Investment". Insider. Retrieved 28 October 2025. "D2iQ (formerly Mesosphere Inc)". Golden. Retrieved 28 October 2025. "Qatar Investment Authority
Qatar_Investment_Authority
Human space travel for recreation
"Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity Space Plane Aces Test Flight, Reaching Mesosphere for the 1st Time". Space.com. Archived from the original on September
Space_tourism
Topics referred to by the same term
technique Affect infusion model, a theory about mood Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, a NASA satellite launched in 2007 Ancestry-informative marker, in genetics
AIM
American space enthusiast (born 2001)
join the Advanced PoSSUM (Project Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere) Space Academy, a citizen science astronautics program developed by the
Alyssa_Carson
Thunderstorm cloud that forms above a heat source
January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano reached the mesosphere". Science. 378 (6619): 554–557. Bibcode:2022Sci...378..554P. doi:10.1126/science
Cumulonimbus_flammagenitus
Chemical compound
low-density, high-energy environments, such as the upper atmosphere. The mesosphere contains a persistent layer of alkali metal cations ablated from meteors
Lithium_superoxide
Science of measuring the shape, orientation, and gravity of Earth
Atmosphere Atmosphere of Earth Prebiotic atmosphere Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Thermosphere Exosphere Weather Climate Climate system Energy balance Climate
Geodesy
Concept for energy flows to and from Earth
Atmosphere Atmosphere of Earth Prebiotic atmosphere Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Thermosphere Exosphere Weather Climate Climate system Energy balance Climate
Earth's_energy_budget
(Pilger, 2003), or more simply: kinematically rigid layers within the mesosphere, beneath one or more plates. W. Jason Morgan (1972), originally suggested
Mesoplates
Project to analyze the ionosphere
Polar mesospheric summer echoes (PMSE) have been studied, probing the mesosphere using the IRI as a powerful radar, and with a 28 MHz radar and two VHF
High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program
High-frequency_Active_Auroral_Research_Program
2005 American television miniseries directed by Dick Lowry
and an interaction between urban heat islands and "falling chunks of mesosphere" fuels the storms making them more powerful. Hurricane Eduardo strikes
Category 7: The End of the World
Category_7:_The_End_of_the_World
and 100 km (65,000 and 328,000 feet) that comprises the stratosphere, mesosphere, and the lower thermosphere. Whereas most climate models simulate a region
Upper-atmospheric_models
Higher education institution devoted to space exploration and science literacy
organization was Project PoSSUM, short for Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere. PoSSUM's Aeronomy Program grew from an opportunity created by the Noctilucent
International Institute for Astronautical Sciences
International_Institute_for_Astronautical_Sciences
Upper boundary of the thermosphere
v t e Earth's atmosphere Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Thermosphere Exosphere Tropopause Stratopause Mesopause Thermopause / Exobase Ozone layer
Thermopause
v t e Earth's atmosphere Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Thermosphere Exosphere Tropopause Stratopause Mesopause Thermopause / Exobase Ozone layer
Maximum_parcel_level
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