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Atmospheric Tides

Tiny regular pulsations of the atmosphere have long been attributed to the pull of the sun and the moon. Rocket observations now suggest that the cause is the absorption of ultraviolet radiation by ozone

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 207 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “Atmospheric Tides” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 207 No. 6 (), p. 49
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1262-49