A 5 km thick layer of nonionized sodium exists in this layer, which creates a night glow through D-line emissions.
A 5 km thick layer of nonionized sodium exists in this layer, which creates a night glow through D-line emissions. Collapse of internal gravity waves in this layer is a primary driving force of global circulation. Near the poles, ice crystals condense to form bluish noctilucent clouds in this layer. Sounding rockets are the primary means of studying this layer, which is inaccessible to planes or satellites. This layer reverses the temperature inversion of the layer beneath, meaning that its temperature (*) decreases with increasing height. In addition to being the coldest layer of the atmosphere, this layer is also where meteors burn up. For 10 points, name this layer of the atmosphere which is located between the stratosphere and thermosphere.
A 5 km thick layer of nonionized sodium exists in this layer, which creates a night glow through D-line emissions.
mesosphere