ATM OCN 100 - Summer 1998LECTURE 2A
B. PRESENT EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE
B. PRESENT EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE (con’t).
VERTICAL COMPOSITION VARIATIONS (con’t).
CONSTITUENTS OF AIR in the HOMOSPHERE(Below 80 km)
PRINCIPAL FIXED GASES in the Homosphere
PRINCIPAL VARIABLE GASESin the Homosphere
ANTHROPOGENIC SUBSTANCES
AEROSOLS
PRINCIPAL VARIABLE GASESin the Heterosphere(above 80 km)
C. ORIGIN & EVOLUTIONof Earth’s Atmosphere
ATMOSPHERIC ORIGIN & EVOLUTION (con’t)
D. ATMOSPHERES of OTHER PLANETS
PLANETARY COMPOSITION[Source: Densities from “Astronomical Almanac”]
E. VARIATION OF CHARGED PARTICLES WITH HEIGHT
MAGNETOSPHERE
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