Layers of the Atmosphere
Atmospheric pressure is a measure of the total mass of air above any point. Because of this fact, atmoshperic pressure always decreases with increasing height above the ground.
* The rate at which the air temperature decreases with height is called the lapse rate, while a measured increase in air temperature with height is called an inversion.
* The majority of ozone in our atmosphere is found in the stratosphere.
* The atmosphere is divided into layers according to the vertical profile of temperature, its gaseous composition or its electrical properties.
* The majority of ozone in our atmosphere is found in the stratosphere.
* The atmosphere is divided into layers according to the vertical profile of temperature, its gaseous composition or its electrical properties.
* The warmest layer is the thermosphere; the coldest is the mesophere.
* We live at the bottom of the tropophere, which is an atmospheric layer where the air temperature normally decreases with height. The troposphere is a region that contains the majority of the weather that we are familiar with.
* The ionosphere is an electrified region of the upper atmophere that normally extends from about 40 miles to the top of the atmosphere.
* We live at the bottom of the tropophere, which is an atmospheric layer where the air temperature normally decreases with height. The troposphere is a region that contains the majority of the weather that we are familiar with.
* The ionosphere is an electrified region of the upper atmophere that normally extends from about 40 miles to the top of the atmosphere.