adjective
- relating to or occurring in the mesosphere, the layer of Earth’s atmosphere between the stratosphere and thermosphere
Usage: atmospheric science
Examples
- Mesospheric temperatures decrease with altitude.
- Scientists study mesospheric winds using radar technology.
- Meteors typically burn up in mesospheric regions.
- The mesospheric layer extends from about 50 to 85 kilometers above Earth.
- Mesospheric clouds are visible during twilight hours.
- Researchers launched rockets to collect mesospheric data.