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ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTUR

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WHAT ARE THE MAJOR CONSTITUENTS OF CLEAN DRY AIR? NITROGEN, OXYGEN, AND INERT GASES
DESCRIBE TWO WAYS IN WHICH VERTICAL MIXING OCCURS IN THE TROPOSPHERE MECHANICAL TURBULENCE & THERMAL TURBULENCE
HOW LONG WOULD YOU EXPECT AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST TO REMAIN SUSPENDED IN THE ATMOSPHERE? YEARS
WHAT ARE THE 3 FACTORS THAT DETERMINE THE HEIGHT OF THE TOP OF THE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER? DEPENDS OF SFC ROUGHNESS, WIND SPEED, AND STABILITY
WHAT ARE THE 3 PARTS OF THE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER? MBL, SFC LAYER, AND MIXED LAYER
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PLANETARY BOUNDRY LAYER & THE FREE ATMOSPHERE? ITS ABOUVE THE BOUNDARY LATER AND AIR MOTION IS NEGLIGIBLE
WHAT PREVENTS TS FROM PENETRATING DEEP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE STABILITY
WHAT IMPORTANT FUNCTION DOES OZONE (O3) PROVIDE FOR OUR EARTH- ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM IT ABSORBS ENERGY FROM INCOMING UV RADIATION
IN WHICH LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE WOULD VOLCANIC ASH REMAIN FOR THE LONGEST PERIOD OF TIME? STRATOSPHERE
WHY IS THERE NO WX IN THE MESOSPHERE? NOT ENOGH MASS FOR LIFTING OF UNSTABLE CONDITIONS.
WHICH ARE THE FUNDAMENTAL QUANTITIES USED TO DEFINE OTHER ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES? MASS, LENGTH, TIME
THE UNIT USED TO REPREESENT MASS IN THE mks SYSTEMS IS,,,, KILOGRAMS
MAKE THE FOLLOWING CONVERSIONS: 1,000CM TO M 10M
MAKE THE FOLLOWING CONVERSION: 112.85ml to L 0.11285 L
MAKE THE FOLLOWING CONVERSION: 100mg to kg .1kg
EXPRESS 748237 IN SCIENTIFIC CONVERSION 7.48237 x 10^5
HOW WOULD YOU REPORT A WIND SPEED OF 57 KTS? 60 KTS
HOW WOULD YOU REPORT A RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 89.23%? 89%
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