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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > atmospheric sciences > Earth atmosphere > mesosphere > mesopause
Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > atmospheric sciences > Earth atmosphere > mesosphere > mesopause
Preferred Term:

mesopause

Definition:
The base of the inversion at the top of the mesosphere, usually found at 80 to 85 kilometers.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
mesosphere
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/212351
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RDF/XMLCreated 2014-03-24, last modified 2014-11-17