Questions tagged [troposphere]
The troposphere is the lowest part of Earth's atmosphere and place of our daily weather phenomenons. When asking questions specifically about the troposphere, use this tag and also include the [atmosphere] tag and [meteorology] tag.
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Which atmosphere model(s) put the upper end of the tropopause isothermal layer at 25 km and why?
The International and U.S. Standard atmospheres have a layer between 11 km (36,000 ft) and 20 km (66,000 ft) where the temperature is constant with altitude. This includes older versions of the U.S. ...
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Why does cold air inflow in high tropospheric layers create a low in the upper troposphere?
As part of my pilot ground examination I got a question about cold-air inflow to the upper layers of the troposphere, the question was about the result of the inflow, The right answer was that it ...
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Didn't they get the atmospheric layers wrong in this image and which layers are those actually?
In the following image (from this article)
they claim the orange part is the troposphere, the yellow/almost white part is the stratosphere and the light blue part obviously the mesosphere while those ...
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Why is the snow line higher in the Himalayas than on the equator?
Excerpt from WP page Snow line:
"At or near the equator, it is typically situated at approximately 4,500 metres (14,764 ft) above sea level. As one moves towards the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic ...
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Why doesn't one build pressurized camps at Mount Everest? [closed]
Why aren't permanently pressurized camps being built at Everest and any 23,000'+ mountain, and perhaps a pressurized enclosed platform at the very summit, to no longer have to bother about altitude ...
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Why is the isothermal layer being considered a part of the stratosphere rather than the troposphere or being an independent layer?
At altitudes from 12-20 km (7-12.5 mi) above the midlatitudes the temperature remains constant with altitude (minus 56.5°C in the ISA). This part is usually considered to be in the stratosphere, but ...
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How long to breathe (the equivalent) of all of the atmosphere?
I have done some rough calculations of how long it might take humanity: approx 80,000 years (that's taking Earth's population as 7.5 billion, 11,000 litres a day of breathing per person, the weight of ...
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Doesn't Increase of Potential Temperature with Height contradict Adiabatic Nature of Processes within Troposphere?
I refer to this question, I asked recently in the physics board:
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/578308/doesnt-increase-of-potential-temperature-with-height-contradict-adiabatic-natur
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Why does CO2 cause heating in troposphere but cooling mesosphere?
Why does CO2 cause heating in troposphere but cooling mesosphere?
Can anyone explain this?
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What happens in the upper air when the altitude of the tropopause changes?
I know about the seasonal changes of the altitude of the tropopause as well as the differences by latitude. I thought the change at one location was a very slow process, but I just found upper air ...
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Pileus / velum & altocumulus / altostratus - classification problems
I have a lot of free time and often observe and take photos of the sky. Along with that, I always try to figure out what exactly I saw. I think that I have the basic understanding of clouds and cloud ...
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Other than the South Pole where is the windless place on Earth?
For this other question "Would this chambered cylinder be possible", preferably near the equator where is a calmest place from the troposphere to the stratosphere where is the windless place one Earth ...
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With respect to latitude and time of year, what geopotential heights are associated with low pressure systems on the North American landmass?
I was reading the paper The Washington DC tornado of 24 september 2001: pre-storm environment and radar perspectives which had this passage:
At 1200 UTC 24 September 2001, at 500 hPa a deep (560 [...
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UAH and RSS Lower Troposphere data
The UAH 6.0 and RSS lower troposphere data sets line up nearly perfectly and both show no significant warming for over 20 years.
What is the leading theory for what's going on? What explains this?
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Remote Sensing System (RSS) historical atmospheric data continually updated
Does anyone know why every month there are updates to the RSS historical atmospheric data? How can data that is 10 years old need adjusting every month?
For instance, here's the difference in data ...
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Why are there different vertical gradients of temperature in different layers of the atmosphere?
The temperature of the troposphere decreases with altitude whereas it is opposite in the stratosphere and again fluctuates. Why is this so?
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Relation between direction of shear and tropical cyclone formation
In an earlier question/answer Why are there no cyclones in the southern Atlantic basin there was a point raised about direction of shear(abetting/retarding) cyclone formation. It appears ...
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Monsoonal interactions with mid latitude disturbances
For the past few years in succession India has witnessed extreme flooding events caused by monsoonal troughs colloding with what appears transitory mid latitude disturbances and these appear to ...
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Why is the troposphere 8km higher at the equator than the poles?
Fundamentals of atmospheric modeling show that the height of the tropopause depends on the location, notably the latitude, and that the troposphere is roughly 8km higher at the equator than the poles ...
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How do tropopause folds form and do they have any impact on synoptic scale weather?
What is the process that creates a tropopause fold? Do these features have any significant impact(s) on weather patterns or the atmosphere?
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