The Atmosphere

Vivek Srivastava

Composition of the atmosphere

Permanent Gasses Table 1-2

Variable Gasses

Structure of the Atmosphere

Structure of the atmosphere Fig 1.9

Layers of the atmosphere

All info based on moving upward through the atmosphere

The Troposphere

The Stratosphere

Pressure decreases

Temperature increases

Very stable air, little vertical mixing

Location of the Ozone layer

UV light produces and destroys O3

O2 UV O + O

O2 + O O3

O3 UV O2 +O

The Mesosphere

The Thermosphere

Ionosphere

The Auroras

Aurora Australis

NASA Images from Space

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