Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

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

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equinox

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Twice during the year, September 21 and March 21, the length of day and night are equal because the tilt of the Earth's axis (in relationship to the sun) is nullified and both the Northern and ...

total column ozone

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The total amount of ozone that is found in a column of air above the earth from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. The majority of this amount is typically found in the stratosphere.

The portion of the earth which consists of the ice masses and snow deposits which include continental ice sheets, mountainous glaciers, sea ice, surface snow cover and lake/river ice. Alterations in ...

kinetics

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The study of the rates at which chemical reactions occur and the influence of physical and chemical conditions of these rates.

Henry's Law

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The relationship that defines the partition of a soluble or partially soluble species between the gas and solution phases. It is often represented as H c . It is the relationship of species ...

mesopause

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The upper limit and the coldest portion of the mesosphere. The transition zone between the mesosphere and the thermosphere.

radiation flux

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

This is defined as the way heat from the sun is absorbed, scattered, returned, or deposited around the earth and can be expressed as some radiation arrival rate per the unit of area of the surface. ...