[ATOC 1050] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (30 pages long!)
29 Mar 2017
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Chapter 1 lecture notes - jan. 17th 2017. Meteorology s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) study of at(cid:373)osphere a(cid:374)d at(cid:373)ospheri(cid:272) phe(cid:374)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)a + at(cid:373)osphere"s i(cid:374)tera(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:449)ith earth"s surfa(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d o(cid:272)ea(cid:374)s. Weather state of atmosphere at given time and place. Climate average weather sum of all statistical weather info that helps describe place/region. A thin layer of air that surrounds earth. Without it nights are too cold and days are too hot. Incoming solar radiation with atmosphere drives everyday patterns of wind and weather. Troposphere temperature usually decreases when height increases. Stratosphere temperature is closely constant for approx. first 20 km after this, temp. increases with height due to absorption of solar radiation by ozone. Mesosphere temp decreases with height coolest temps in the atmosphere are at the top of mesosphere. Thermosphere temp increases with height contains very small fraction of overall mass of atmosphere. Exosphere upper limit of atmosphere where atoms and molecules go into space. Density number of molecules in a given space.
