• Trends and variability of polar mesopause region temperatures attributed to atmospheric dynamics and solar activity 

      Holmen, Silje Eriksen (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2016-12-19)
      The mesopause region can be considered a "boundary region" between the neutral atmosphere, where atmospheric constituents and momentum are transported mainly by winds and turbulent eddies, and the ionosphere, where the main transport mechanism is molecular diffusion. In the mesopause, complex interactions between dynamics and photochemistry occur, and we are far from a complete understanding of these ...