ATM OCN 101 Study Guide - Infielder, Lapse Rate, Radiative Equilibrium
30 Oct 2014
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Earth"s gravity: outgassing of water vapor, h20 and carbon dioxide co2 and. Nitrogen n2: earth"s 2nd atmosphere, composed of, methane- ch4, ammonia- nh3, nitrogen- n2. Ozone is regulated by 2 reactions: o3 + uv light= o2+o, o2 + o = o3. Note the first reaction uses uv to split ozone. So ozone protects us all from these deadly uv rays. Life responds to the oxygen and ozone: life colonizes dry land, ozone protects it, oxygen breathing animals can be big. After all this the current atmospheric composition is: n2, o2, ar, co2, ne, he, kr, h, o3, and there are variable amounts of h2o. Temperature: the temperature of a substance is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules that make up that substance, the warmer it is the faster the molecules move. The force each molecule imposes on the walls of the box depends on its speed: there is a relationship between temperature and.
