Thursday, December 13, 2012

Atmosphere notes

The Earth's atmosphere is 99% of atmospheric gasses, with water vapor being the largest in green house gasses. Other gasses in the atmosphere are nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and other gasses. These gasses are invisible, unlike smog, the greenhouse effect is very important to the atmosphere, even more so of the ozone. Infared radiation is emitted to Earth's surface due to the warming of the atmosphere. The main gasses responsible for this are water vapor and carbon dioxide. Aerosols are also with the greenhouse effect. Pressure is important with the atmosphere pulling gasses towards the Earth. The higher the pressure, air is thinner, making it hard to breathe. 

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