Questions tagged [atmosphere]
The gaseous envelope surrounding the *Earth*, and retained by the Earth's gravitational field. If your question is about the atmosphere on another celestial body or is more astronomy related, please ask on Astronomy.SE.
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How to measure voltage differential across different altitudes
Imagine two points, one directly above the other (
Point A - 10,000 feet (PA)
Point B - 20,000 feet (PB)
Imagine there's voltage potential between those two points
Q1: How could you measure the ...
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Gamma vs Pearson distribution for Standardized Precipitation Index
What is the difference between Pearson and Gamma distribution and the impact of using one of these in the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI)?
Thank you!
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Earth-like conditions on Titan: is it feasible that Titan once had seas and lakes of liquid water?
Given that: 1) Four billion years ago Saturn was hotter and radiated strongly in the infra-red.
. . . . . . . . . 2) Like Earth's moon, Titan was then closer to its planet.
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How do thunderstorms generate ionospheric potential?
In all the explanations of how global electric circuit on Earth works, I've always encountered statements like "thunderstorms generate ionospheric potential" (which is about 250 kV).
E.g. here: https:...
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Theorist speculate about dozens of loud atmospheric booms across globe
Theorist speculate on the dozens of loud atmospheric booms across globe. Has any recognized institutions offered a plausible explanation as of now?
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Why Do Carbon Dioxide Levels Vary Seasonally? [duplicate]
I was reading this article today, and I saw this chart of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels for the past year:
The chart shows a decline in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels from roughly June-October,...
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Prevailing winds between 30 to 60 degrees latitude [duplicate]
Prevailing winds are generated by Coriolis effects.
I think I understand why NE winds are the prevailing winds in 0 to 30 degrees and 60 to 90 degrees latitude in the northern hemisphere (e.g., ...
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Why is there a clear space between the ground and the cloud base?
On Earth there is a clear space between the ground and the cloud base. This phenomenon is not confined to Earth, it's the same on Venus, Mars and Titan (moon of Saturn).
Is there a law of physics ...
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Does anyone have absorption coefficients at different wavelengths for sulfur dioxide? [closed]
Does anyone have absorption coefficients for sulfur dioxide at various wavelengths?
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Do HAARP-like programs have effects on climate? [closed]
Military powers like USA, Rusia and China have programs to heat through electromagnetic waves the Ionosphere. HAARP supposedly is a research program, but run by part of the military of US (Air Force ...
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At what rate does Earth's atmosphere shed heat into space? [closed]
If we had a heat bank account (the atmosphere)
+ heat cash supply (ice)
+ heat debt (the oceans)
could governments find a way to balance our heat economy that doesn't kill ...
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Experimental testing to falsify the theory of the greenhouse gas effect [duplicate]
Irrespective of how accepted any scientific theory happens to be it is often worth thinking about a possible experiment to test said theory and perhaps falsify it. If we wanted to do this for the ...
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Why cannot people burn all the atmospheric oxygen? [closed]
We are told that photosynthesis, developed a couple of billion years ago has produced all the atmospheric oxygen. I wonder, why did the process stop? Why do modern plants prefer to recover the entropy ...
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What is the science behind CFCs depleting the ozone layer? [closed]
Specifically, if the daily production of ozone and cfc were at most 400 million and 3k tons, respectively, would each mol of cfc be able to destroy tens of thousands of mols of ozone? All the sources ...
