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Mesopause vs Thermopause - What's the difference?

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Thermopause is a related term of mesopause.



As nouns the difference between mesopause and thermopause

is that mesopause is in the atmosphere, the boundary between the mesosphere and the ionosphere. It is the atmospheric boundary where the temperature reaches its minimum value while thermopause is the boundary between the thermosphere and the exosphere in a planetary atmosphere.

mesopause

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • In the atmosphere, the boundary between the mesosphere and the ionosphere. It is the atmospheric boundary where the temperature reaches its minimum value.

    • thermopause

    English

    (wikipedia thermopause)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy, meteorology) The boundary between the thermosphere and the exosphere in a planetary atmosphere.

    • Synonyms

    * exobase

    Related terms

    * mesopause * stratopause * thermosphere * tropopause

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