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CALC Earth’s Atmosphere. In t he troposphere, the part of the atmosphere that extends from earth’s surface to an altitude of about 11 km, the temperature is not uniform but decreases with increasing elevation. (a) Show that if the temperature variation is approximated by the linear relationship
where T0 is the temperature at the earth’s surface and T temperature at height y, the pressure p at height y is
where P0 is the pressure at the earth’s surface and M is the molar mass for air. The coefficient α is called the lapse rate of temperature. It varies with atmospheric conditions, but an average value is about 0.6 C°/100 m. (b) Show that the above result reduces to the result of Example 18.4 (Section 18.1) in the limit that α → 0. (c) With α = 0 6 C°/100 m, calculate p for y = 8863 m and compare your answer to the result of Example 18.4. Take T0 = 288 K and p0 = 1.00 atm.
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