I always wondered how it got that name. Is that the heavyside layer mentioned in Cats?
zombie or no
Ollie is the one.
The atmospheric layer was named before Cats. I’m guessing that the lyricist for that song (one of the few not written by T. S. Eliot) had heard the term used for an atmospheric layer, and decided it sounded neat as a way of saying “above the sky” for “heaven”.
Yes. Named after Oliver Heaviside, a brilliant guy.