ESCI 1 Lecture 10: WEEK_10
6 Jun 2020
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Is a thin layer of gases that surrounds the planet. Not just visible light, but all parts of the electro electromagnetic spectrum i. e x-rays, infrared, and gamma rays. You can go watch a meteor shower coming down or in in space. Meteors enter our atmosphere and burning up. Occasionally, one makes it through, but not that often. transports and recycles water & other chemicals remember if you put in a pollutant into one part of the atmosphere, eventually it dissipates into the entire atmosphere. If you change that sheet into a very thick blanket, then you"re going to be too hot. 78% n2, 21% o2, 1% ar and variable small amounts of water vapor, co2, methane, and pollutants. Troposphere lowest layer (11km above sea level, 7 miles high) Closest to the center of the planet responsible for the planet"s weather temperature cools with altitude it"s warmer as we"re close to the earth.
