Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

A scientific study of the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets.

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ethanol

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Also known as ethyl alcohol or alcohol, (C 2 H 5 OH) is an oxygenated hydrocarbon that can be burned as a fuel, or blended into gasoline. Thought of as an alternative fuel and clean fuel, ethanol is ...

accretion

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The addition of air particles to hydrated drops (snow, rain, sleet, etc. ) by coagulation as the drops fall through the sky.

anticyclonic flow

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The air flow produced about a high pressure center by the combination of two forces: the pressure gradient accelerating the air away from the center and the Coriolis force acting inward. ...

heat flux

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The amount of heat that is transferred across a surface of unit area in a unit of time.

residence time

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The amount of time a substance can remain in a reservoir. The reservoir can be aquatic, atmospheric, or terrestrial. In atmospheric chemistry an example of reservoir time would be the amount of ...

tropopause

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The area where the temperature in the troposphere no longer decreases, indicating the boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere.

obliquity

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The axis of Earth's rotation tilted all year perpendicular to the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun. The angle is 23. 5°. Because of this angle on December 22 the northern hemisphere has ...