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  2. Troposphere - Wikipedia

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    The above lying stratosphere can be seen at the horizon as a band of its characteristic glow of blue scattered sunlight. Atmospheric circulation: the three-cell model of the circulation of the planetary atmosphere of the Earth, of which the troposphere is the lowest layer. The troposphere is the lowest layer of the atmosphere of Earth.

  3. Atmosphere of Earth - Wikipedia

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    Sunlight, filtered into a reddish hue by passing through much of the troposphere at sunset, is reflected off the ocean. The above-lying stratosphere can be seen at the horizon as a band of its characteristic glow of blue scattered sunlight. The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere.

  4. Tropopause - Wikipedia

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    The troposphere is the lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere; it starts at the planetary boundary layer, and is the layer in which most weather phenomena occur. The troposphere contains the boundary layer, and ranges in height from an average of 9 km (5.6 mi; 30,000 ft) at the poles, to 17 km (11 mi; 56,000 ft) at the Equator.

  5. International Standard Atmosphere - Wikipedia

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    Troposphere: 0 0 -6.5 +15.0 (288.15) 101,325 1.225 1 Tropopause: 11,000 ... characteristics according to the "1976 standard atmosphere" and convert between various ...

  6. Cloud - Wikipedia

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    In the troposphere, dense, deep clouds exhibit a high reflectance (70–95%) throughout the visible spectrum. Tiny particles of water are densely packed and sunlight cannot penetrate far into the cloud before it is reflected out, giving a cloud its characteristic white color, especially when viewed from the top. [ 115 ]

  7. Planetary boundary layer - Wikipedia

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    Solar heating assisted by the heat released from the water vapor condensation could create such strong convective turbulence that the free convective layer comprises the entire troposphere up to the tropopause (the boundary in the Earth's atmosphere between the troposphere and the stratosphere), which is at 10 km to 18 km in the Intertropical ...

  8. Atmospheric circulation - Wikipedia

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    Their thermal characteristics drive the weather in their domain. The sheer volume of energy that the Hadley cell transports, and the depth of the heat sink contained within the polar cell, ensures that transient weather phenomena not only have negligible effect on the systems as a whole, but — except under unusual circumstances — they do ...

  9. U.S. Standard Atmosphere - Wikipedia

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    To allow modeling conditions below mean sea level, the troposphere is actually extended to −2,000 feet (−610 m), where the temperature is 66.1 °F (18.9 °C), pressure is 15.79 pounds per square inch (108,900 Pa), and density is 0.08106 pounds per cubic foot (1.2985 kg/m 3).