Editing NRLMSISE-00 (section)

[[Image:Atmosphere model.png|thumb|right|280px|NRLMSISE output]]

'''NRLMSISE-00''' is an [[empirical]], global [[reference atmospheric model]] of the Earth from ground to space.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Picone|first1=J. M.|last2=Hedin|first2=A. E.|last3=Drob|first3=D. P.|last4=Aikin|first4=A. C.|date=2002-12-01|title=NRLMSISE-00 empirical model of the atmosphere: Statistical comparisons and scientific issues|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics|language=en|volume=107|issue=A12|pages=1468|doi=10.1029/2002JA009430|issn=2156-2202|bibcode=2002JGRA..107.1468P|hdl=2060/20020038771|hdl-access=free}}</ref> It models the [[temperature]]s and [[density|densities]] of the atmosphere's components. A primary use of this model is to aid predictions of [[satellite]] orbital decay due to [[atmospheric drag]]. This model has also been used by astronomers to calculate the mass of air between telescopes and laser beams in order to assess the impact of [[laser guide stars]] on the non-lasing telescopes.<ref>Coulson, Dolores M. & Roth, Katherine C., Adaptive Optics Systems II. Edited by Ellerbroek, Brent L.; Hart, Michael; Hubin, Norbert; Wizinowich, Peter L. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7736, pp. 773652-773652-9 (2010)</ref>