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IN a letter published in NATURE for February 10, 1923 (p. 187), I referred to the possibility of determining the temperature of the upper atmosphere on any occasions when the disruption of a meteor has been heard and the time interval between sight and sound has been recorded. I have now to report that I have only been able to learn of two instances which have looked favourable, and that neither of them has yielded useful information.
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WHIPPLE, F. Determination of the Temperature of the Upper Atmosphere by Meteor Observations. Nature 112, 759 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112759a0
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