Figure 1.20 Thermal structure of the atmosphere 100 Earth's atmosphere is traditionally divided into four layers, based on temperature. 200 90 140 130 80 Aurora 120 300 THERMOSPHERE 70 110 100 400 60 90 500 80 Mesopause 50 Meteor Temperature 70 600 MESOSPHERE 700 50 Stratópause 30 800 40 900 20 30 STRATOS PHERE Maximum ozone 1000 20 -80 -70 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 10 20 30 40 10 Temperature (°C) Tropopause 10 Mt. Everest TROPOSPHERE -100 -90 -80 -70 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 10 20 30 40 50°C -140 -120 -100 -80 -60 -40 20 40 32 60 80 100 120°F -20 Temperature Pressure levels (millibais) Height (km) Height (miles)
Figure 1.20 Thermal structure of the atmosphere 100 Earth's atmosphere is traditionally divided into four layers, based on temperature. 200 90 140 130 80 Aurora 120 300 THERMOSPHERE 70 110 100 400 60 90 500 80 Mesopause 50 Meteor Temperature 70 600 MESOSPHERE 700 50 Stratópause 30 800 40 900 20 30 STRATOS PHERE Maximum ozone 1000 20 -80 -70 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 10 20 30 40 10 Temperature (°C) Tropopause 10 Mt. Everest TROPOSPHERE -100 -90 -80 -70 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 10 20 30 40 50°C -140 -120 -100 -80 -60 -40 20 40 32 60 80 100 120°F -20 Temperature Pressure levels (millibais) Height (km) Height (miles)
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The accompanying diagram shows a simplified temperature profile of a
portion of the atmosphere. (Temperature profiles are usually obtained
twice each day from radiosondes at numerous locations around the
world.) Use this diagram to answer the following questions.
1. What is the temperature (solid red line) at the surface (pressure =
1000 millibars)?
2. What is the temperature at the 600-mb pressure level?
3. What is the temperature at the 250-mb pressure level?
4. Circle each of the inversions on the temperature profile. Recall
that a temperature inversion is a region where temperature
increases with height.
5. Does this graph look like the average temperature profile shown
in Figure 1.20 in your textbook? How is it different?
6. What layer of Earth’s atmospheric is shown on this graph?
Transcribed Image Text:Figure 1.20 Thermal structure of the atmosphere
100
Earth's atmosphere is traditionally divided into four layers, based on
temperature.
200
90
140
130
80
Aurora
120
300
THERMOSPHERE
70
110
100
400
60
90
500
80
Mesopause
50
Meteor
Temperature
70
600
MESOSPHERE
700
50
Stratópause
30
800
40
900
20
30
STRATOS PHERE
Maximum ozone
1000
20
-80 -70 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10
10 20 30 40
10
Temperature (°C)
Tropopause
10
Mt. Everest
TROPOSPHERE
-100 -90 -80 -70 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10
10 20 30
40 50°C
-140 -120 -100 -80 -60 -40
20 40
32
60
80 100 120°F
-20
Temperature
Pressure levels (millibais)
Height (km)
Height (miles)
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