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A Working Model illustrating Density of the Upper Air

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IN a previous communication1 I proposed a pre liminary model of the strong variability of the upper air density due to the extraterrestrial influence. This model has now proved itself also for times of low solar activity at the beginning of the year 1962. At this time the solar radio noise at 10.7 cm. had decreased to a value of 100 × 10−22 W./cm.2 cl. Since the last sunspot maximum was extremely high, the solar activity was more strongly varied during 1958–62 than from a mean sunspot maximum to the minimum. Four effects have been found predominant: (1) the solar electromagnetic wave effect with its subdivision, (1a) solar short ultra-violet effect, (1b) day–night effect; (2) the corpuscle effect with, (2a) magnetic storm effect, and (2b) the plasma effect (solar wind) (annual and semi-annual effect)2.

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