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16 Cards in this Set
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study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate |
Meteorology |
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atmos - vapor; sphaira - sphere layer of gases surrounding a planet or other material body of sufficient mass held in place by the gravity of the body |
Atmosphere |
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low solar heating + high gravity |
thick atmosphere |
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common name given to the atmospheric gases used in breathing and photosynthesis |
Air |
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amount practically from none at all up to 4% by volume source of all clouds and precipitation has the ability to absorb heat |
Water Vapor |
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large quantity of solid and liquid particles suspended within the atmosphere; microscopic; natural or man-made |
Aerosols |
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form of oxygen that combines 3 oxygen atoms into each molecule concentrated in Stratosphere |
Ozone |
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international agreement of UN to eliminate production of CFCs |
Montreal Protocol |
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international treaty that sets binding obligations on industrialized countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases |
Kyoto Protocol |
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bottom layer where we live where air turns over 75% of atmosphere's mass |
Troposphere |
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low temperature in the troposphere |
Environmental Lapse Rate |
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12-51km from troposphere absorbs ultraviolet radiation ozonosphere |
Stratosphere |
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50-85km Stratosphere coldest layer least explored region |
Mesosphere |
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warmest layer absorption of very short wave gases moving at high speed |
Thermosphere |
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outermost layer atoms and molecules so far apart that the layer no longer behaves like gas |
Exosphere |
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boundary between atmosphere and outer space Theodore Van Karman |
Karman Line |
