Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

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

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ozone depletion potential (ODP)

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The is the ratio of a particular ozone depleting compound environmental effect compared to the depleting ability of a standard compound, CFC-11, which is arbitrarily defined as 1. 0. An example ...

anoxic

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The lack of oxygen such as the inadequate oxygenation of the blood (anoxia). In aquatic environmental chemistry it refers to water that has become oxygen poor due to the bacterial decay of organic ...

entrainment zone

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The layer between the convective mixed layer and the free troposphere that is caused by a temperature inversion. This inversion inhibits the rising of heat and gases, trapping pollutants closer to ...

nocturnal boundary layer

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The layer of gas that forms above the surface layer as the gases of the convective mixed layer become more dense and lose their buoyancy. The formation of this nocturnal boundary layer is what ...

chemical lifetime

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The length of time a chemical species can survive without reacting, photolyzing, dissociating, or otherwise changing into another chemical species. Highly reactive chemicals have short lifetimes. ...

frontal wedging

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The lifting of air resulting when cool air acts as a barrier over which warmer, lighter air will rise.

visible light

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The light of the electromagnetic spectrum that we perceive with our naked eye. The wavelengths of light that we can see are between roughly 380 nanometers to 700 nanometers. Blue (shortest visible ...