ionospheric
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a word derived from
ionosphere.
ionospherenounthe region of the earth's atmosphere between the stratosphere and the exosphere, consisting of several ionized layers and extending from about 50 to 250 miles (80 to 400 km) above the surface of the earth.
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"For a while, people have seen signatures of hurricanes in ionospheric weather," Holt said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026
Observations have included spikes in electron density, drops in ionospheric altitude, and slower propagation of medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026
And just as running current through a wire heats it up, ionospheric currents heat up and expand the upper atmosphere, increasing atmospheric density at high altitudes.
From Science Magazine ● May 13, 2024
Many of the UAP events can be attributed to commercial aircraft, drones and research balloons, as well as weather and ionospheric phenomena, Spergel stated.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 9, 2023
He went around with the absorbed, other-world look of a physicist grappling with a problem in ionospheric mathematics without the use of an IBM calculator.
From The Hero by Elaine Wilber