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calculate the height where the pollutant concentration in ppm is exactly double its value at sea level.

calculate the height where the pollutant concentration in ppm is exactly double its value at sea level.

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
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Although the atmosphere would never have a uniform concentration of a pollutant over a large range of heights, we are going to adopt such a situation for the sake of this calculation. We assume this hypothetical pollutant has the same concentration in µg/m3 for all heights in the range 0 < z < 7 km. If the temperature of the atmosphere decreases adiabatically from 298 K at sea level up to 7 km, calculate the height where the pollutant concentration in ppm is exactly double its value at sea level. You may assume the pressure decreases linearly from 101,300 N/m2 at sea level to 31,000 N/m2 at z = 7 km.

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