aeronomyn.

1946 S. Chapman in Nature 30 Mar. 405/2 I propose that the word [sc. meteorology] be abandoned in all its many official and unofficial uses, in favour of ‘aeronomy’ (with the associated words ‘aeronomer’ and ‘aeronomic’).

1953 S. Chapman in Weather 8 62/1 Aeronomy..should be adopted with the restricted sense of the science of the upper atmosphere.

1976 Physics Bull. June 261/2 Not only has laser physics grown from this field, but also aeronomy, now the basis of environmental research.

1999 Science 1 Jan. (end matter) (advt.) The station supports scientists..studying astronomy, aeronomy, glaciology, and seismology in a variety of observatories and laboratories.

2004 S. J. Bauer & H. Lammer Planetary Aeronomy vii. 169 Planetary aeronomy as a study of the interaction between the stellar radiation and particle environment with planetary upper atmospheres now finds its application more and more in the newly detected exoplanets.

1977 Times (San Mateo, Calif.) 6 Dec. 11/2 Raymond G. Roble, an aeronomer at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., said..energy should be beamed from the Earth towards outer space to determine the effect of such microwave transmissions on the atmosphere.

1997 Science 6 June 1530/2 Knowledge of the rate of production of O atoms in different electronic states is important for aeronomers.

1960 Jrnl. Atmospheric & Terrestr. Physics 18 65 This value has been adopted by some aeronomists.

1971 Physics Bull. Dec. 735/2 Its excellence as a sound survey will make it worth consideration by aeronomists, amateur and professional, at all levels.

1994 Air & Space Technol. Nov. 30/2 Using helium balloons and valved stainless steel flasks, the aeronomists proceeded to map the vertical distribution of CFCs.