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Atmospheric chemistry
A scientific study of the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets.
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back scattering
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Process by which up to 25% of radiant energy from the sun is reflected or scattered away from the surface by clouds. Serves the greatest importance in the atmospheric heat budget. Large errors in ...
convection
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Process by which, in a fluid being heated, the warmer part of the mass will rise and the cooler portions sink. This is also a a component of the theory for continental drift, in that the circulating ...
atmospheric convection
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Process in which heat energy is transported through a medium, usually a gas or liquid. An example, in the atmosphere occurs when warm air with a lower density experiences an upward force until it ...
dissociation
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Process in which large chemical species break down into smaller, usually charged subunits, like a molecule breaking down into the ions that form it.
mie scattering
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Processes by which particles of similar size and electrical characteristics separate or disperse different wavelengths (read colors) of light. First described by Gustav Mie in 1808. Since the sun's ...
hadley circulation
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Proposed by George Hadley in 1735, it is the tropical convection system that describes the atmospheric thermal circulation of air from the equator (0 degrees latitude) poleward to 30 degrees both ...
dry adiabatic lapse rate
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Rate at which unsaturated air cools as it travels vertically, provided that all temperature change is adiabatic (without heat exchange), and no condensation occurs. In dry air it can be approximated ...
