Webquest Part 7. The Layers of the Atmosphere.
Why is the discussion of heat transfer so important to weather and climate? There are four layers of the atmosphere related to temperature and the movement of solar energy through those four layers determines what the earth's daily temperature will be.
The US National Weather Service provides an excellent overview of earth's atmospheric layers. Read through:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/atmos/layers.htm
We consider the top of our atmosphere to be around 480 km above the Earth's surface. All of the insolation is measured within that 480 km range. Beyond that is the exosphere, which has a much less dense air mass than our atmosphere. The exosphere is really "out in space".
Question 12. Draw your diagram of the earth's layers of the atmosphere.
Question 13. Refer to the diagram on page 63 of your text book. Add the "heterosphere" and "homosphere" and "ozonosphere" and "ionosphere" to your diagram.
Question 14. What is the "thermopause"?
The US National Weather Service provides an excellent overview of earth's atmospheric layers. Read through:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/atmos/layers.htm
We consider the top of our atmosphere to be around 480 km above the Earth's surface. All of the insolation is measured within that 480 km range. Beyond that is the exosphere, which has a much less dense air mass than our atmosphere. The exosphere is really "out in space".
Question 12. Draw your diagram of the earth's layers of the atmosphere.
Question 13. Refer to the diagram on page 63 of your text book. Add the "heterosphere" and "homosphere" and "ozonosphere" and "ionosphere" to your diagram.
Question 14. What is the "thermopause"?