upper atmosphere

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About an hour after the superstorm arrived, charged particles surged through Earth's upper atmosphere at high latitudes and flowed toward the polar cap.

From Science Daily

The planet’s upper atmosphere is cold—so cold that models cannot explain why the more distant Neptune is actually warmer than Uranus.

From Scientific American

They will also need to scout for hazardous debris between the upper atmosphere and the rings—a region the mission must traverse to successfully enter orbit around the ice giant.

From Scientific American

Scientists will need better telescopic data about the planet’s upper atmosphere before they can design a parachute and a heat shield that will protect the probe and slow it down to a science-maximizing entry speed.

From Scientific American

Some particles travel along Earth’s magnetic field lines into the upper atmosphere, where they excite oxygen and nitrogen molecules and release photons of light.

From Washington Post