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The Threshold of Space: Earth’s Upper Atmosphere
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... However, the different spa tial and temporal scales on which magnetospheric energy is deposited and redistributed in this region are poorly known, as is the complex and ever-changing relationship between small-, intermediate-, and large-scale phenomena. The Survey Committee assigns high priority to two initiatives, one space-based and one ground-based, that will employ novel investigative strategies
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... THE THRESHOLD OF SPACE During the 2-year multispacecraft Geospace Electrodynamic Connections Artist's concept of the portable Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter mission, "deep dipping" maneuvers will be performed to allow in situ Radar deployed at a high-latitude site to study the response of the upper measurements down to altitudes as low as 130 kilometers. atmosphere to auroral activity.
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