atmosphere is superadiabatic up until 1000m, there is an inversion from 1000m-1100m, then it is effectively adiabatic from 1100 m to the tropopause.  In the above example, if there is a source of m-xylene (an organic pollutant found in solvents) at the ground, plot the m-xylene levels expected. M-xylene reacts relatively quickly, so assume a lifetime of 1 hr. Assume the ground level concentration is 1 ppb. Explain your reasoning. What if it were CO, which has a lifetime more like a week. What if it is a CFC that has a lifetime of decades? What if it were a highly reactive monoterpene species that had a lifetime of minutes? Explain why

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atmosphere is superadiabatic up until 1000m, there is an inversion from 1000m-1100m, then it is effectively adiabatic from
1100 m to the tropopause. 

In the above example, if there is a source of m-xylene (an organic pollutant found in solvents) at the ground, plot the m-xylene levels expected. M-xylene reacts relatively quickly, so assume a lifetime of 1 hr. Assume the
ground level concentration is 1 ppb. Explain your reasoning. What if it were CO,
which has a lifetime more like a week. What if it is a CFC that has a lifetime of
decades? What if it were a highly reactive monoterpene species that had a lifetime of
minutes? Explain why

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