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Atmosphere
GPH 111
What we cover:
Two classifications of heat energy
Layering of earth’s atmosphere
General atmospheric density
Normal adiabatic lapse rate and unusual
twists
Problems that generate pollution
Let’s put the Earth and Sun
into perspective…
Layers of the
Atmosphere
Exercise Time!
Outer Space
Atmospheric
Function…
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Earth’s Atmosphere and Solar Energy
>90%
Air Pressure
Kittinger and his Balloon
Smog Production:
Car exhaust (NO2,
VOCs, CO) and
ultraviolet radiation
chemically react to
generate:
Ozone,
Peroxyacetyl
nitrates (PANs),
and Nitric Acid.
Los Angeles and Smog…
Phoenix and Smog…
This is in China… our future?
Ozone Depletion in the
Stratosphere…
CFC’s react with
Ozone to deplete the
good Ozone from the
atmosphere
Things to know…
The difference between short and longwave radiation
The different layers of the atmosphere based on
temperature
The layers where solar energy is absorbed
How inversion layers develop and their affect on
pollution
What does car exhaust have to interact with to generate
pollution?
The general cause and effect of ozone loss in the
stratosphere
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