EESA01H3 Chapter 13: CHAPTER 13 DETAILED NOTES FOR 4.0

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The atmosphere and weather: atmosphere is the thin layer of gases that surrounds the earth, provides us with oxygen, absorbs hazardous solar radiation, burns up incoming meteors, transports and recycles water and nutrients, and moderates climates, consists of. Is a thin coating about 1/100 of earths diameter, like the fuzzy skin of a peach: coating consists of four layers, t rophosphere. provides with air we need to live. air within troposphere responsible for the planets weather www. notesolution. com. contains of the atmospheres mass, as air is denser near earth"s surface. troposphereic air temperature declines 6"c for each km in altitude. at the top of the troposphere, temperatures decline with altitude, marking a boundary called tropopause (upper boundary of trophosphere, limits mixing between troposphere and the stratosphere: stratosphere extends from 11km and 50km above sea level. gases experience little vertical mixing, so when pollutants enter they stay for a long time.