Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

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

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Planck's Law

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

This is a derived formula, from the German physicist Max Planck, that portrays the amount of radiation emitted by a blackbody as theoretically determined by its temperature. It is an equation that ...

kinematic viscosity

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The ratio of absolute viscosity--or a fluid's resistance to flow--to the density of that fluid; this is commonly measured by determining the time it takes a liquid to travel through a capillary under ...

atmosphere

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The sum total of all the gases surrounding the Earth, extending several hundred kilometers above the surface in a mechanical mixture of various gases in fluid-like motion. The permanent constituents ...

evapotranspiration

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The total water loss due to the transpiration of vegetation plus the evaporation from the soil; higher climatic temperatures result in a higher evapotranspiration rate. (Miller, Raymond W. et al. , ...

nonmethane hydrocarbons (NMHCS)

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

These are hydrocarbons such as ethylene, butane, hexane, propane and, by definition, exclude the first member of that analogous series, CH 4 . Large quantities of NMHCs are emitted from vegetation, ...

outgassing

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The release of "young" gases into the earth's atmosphere by volcanic activity.

nitric oxide radical

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

This radical is a primary pollutant from many sources, the most common and abundant is automobile exhaust. It's importance in the atmosphere is great because it is a catalyst in the destruction of ...