Homopause

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Homopause

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The top of the homosphere, or the level of transition between it and the heterosphere. See atmospheric shell. </dd>
The homopause probably lies between 80 and 90 kilometers, where molecular oxygen begins to dissociate into atomic oxygen. The homopause is somewhat lower in the daytime than at night. [[/a>|/a> ]]

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use