Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

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

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Wien's Displacement Law

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The relationship between wavelength and temperature in relation to blackbody radiation. The wavelength decreases as the temperature increases. The common formula to determine this relationship is ...

chappuis band of ozone absorption

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The wavelengths of light absorbed by ozone in the visible region, approximately 380 to 750 nm. Compare to ozone's ultraviolet absorption region, the Hartley-Huggins band.

This type of transport involves air pollutants in the atmosphere. If the pollutants are light enough---such as gases or low density particles---or are propelled high enough in the atmosphere, they ...

saturated adiabatic lapse rate

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

This is the lapse rate (the rate of change of the temperature in the gases in the atmosphere along different altitudes) of a mass of moist air as it rises in the atmosphere. This rate begins to slow ...

tectonic activity

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The process of the formation, movement, interaction, and destruction of parts of the earth's crust on a generally large scale. This can be used to explain seismicity, volcanism, and mountain ...

ablation

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The weathering of a glacier by surface melting, or rock weathering by hydraulic erosion.

afforestation

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The process or act of changing land into forest by planting trees, seeding, etc. on land formerly used for something other than forestry. This can obviously be contrasted with deforestation.