TROPOSPHERE

SUBMITTED BY:
ANAROLD JOY
S5 B ROLL.NO 8
 FACTS
• LOWEST LAYER OF EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE.
• CONTAINS 75% OF ATMOSPHERIC MASS.
• CONTAINS 99% OF THE TOTAL MASS OF WATER VAPOUR AND
AEROSOLS.
• THE LOWEST PART OF THE TROPOSPHERE WHERE FRICTION
WITH THE EARTH’S SURFACE INFLUENCES AIR FLOW IS THE
PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER.
• THIS LAYER IS A FEW HUNDREAD METRES TO 2 KM.
• ATOP THE TROPOSPHERE IS THE TROPOPAUSE WHICH IS THE
BORDER BETWEEN THE TROPOSPHERE AND THE
STRATOSPHERE.
• MOST OF THE PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH DAY-TO-DAY
WEATHER OCCUR IN THE TROPOSPHERE.
• COMPOSITION:[NITROGEN-78.08%] [OXYGEN-20.95%]
[ARGON-0.04%] [CARBON-0.04%].
• SOURCE OF WATERVAPOUR IS THROUGH EVAPORATION.
• TEMPERATURE DECREASES WITH INCREASE IN ALTITUDE.
• VAPOUR PRESSURE DECREASES AS TEMPERATURE
DECREASES.
• WATER CONTENT DECREASES ON INCREASE IN ALTITUDE.
• PRESSURE IS MAXIMUM AT SEA LEVEL.
• THE RATE AT WHICH TEMPERATURE DECREASES IN
TROPOSPHERE IS KNOWN AS ENVIRONMENTAL LAPSE RATE.
• THE FLOW IS COMMONLY FROM WEST TO EAST DIRECTION.
LAYERS OF ATMOSPHERE