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    This document provides an outline of a lecture on the atmosphere, including its history, composition, vertical structure, and elements controlling weather and climate. It discusses how the atmosphere is composed of gases like nitrogen, oxygen, and other trace gases, as well as particles like water vapor, aerosols, and ozone. The vertical structure of the atmosphere consists of different temperature and pressure layers including the thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere. Weather refers to short-term conditions while climate describes long-term weather patterns influenced by factors like temperature, pressure, wind, moisture, and storms.

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    This document provides an outline of a lecture on the atmosphere, including its history, composition, vertical structure, and elements controlling weather and climate. It discusses how the atmosphere is composed of gases like nitrogen, oxygen, and other trace gases, as well as particles like water vapor, aerosols, and ozone. The vertical structure of the atmosphere consists of different temperature and pressure layers including the thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere. Weather refers to short-term conditions while climate describes long-term weather patterns influenced by factors like temperature, pressure, wind, moisture, and storms.

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    This document provides an outline of a lecture on the atmosphere, including its history, composition, vertical structure, and elements controlling weather and climate. It discusses how the atmosphere is composed of gases like nitrogen, oxygen, and other trace gases, as well as particles like water vapor, aerosols, and ozone. The vertical structure of the atmosphere consists of different temperature and pressure layers including the thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere. Weather refers to short-term conditions while climate describes long-term weather patterns influenced by factors like temperature, pressure, wind, moisture, and storms.

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    INTRODUCTION TO THE

    ATMOSPHERE
    J.T.II Olivar, MAEd
    Faculty of Arts and Letters
    University of Santo Tomas
    Outline of the Lecture
    • History of Meteorology
    • Composition of the Atmosphere
    • Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere
    • Elements and Controls of Weather and
    Climate
    History
    • Hippocrates, Heraclitus, Becher, Lavoiser,
    Carnot – Heat
    • Bernoulli – 1738
    – Kinetic Theory of Gases
    • Joule and Mayer – 1847
    – Heat and Work
    • Clausius – 1850
    – Thermodynamics
    Composition of the Atmosphere
    • Gases
    • Particles
    The Gases
    • Nitrogen
    • Oxygen
    • All other gases
    The Particles
    • Water vapor
    • Aerosols
    • Ozone
    – Many are hygroscopic
    – Some either absorb or reflect light
    Vertical Structure of the
    Atmosphere
    • Temperature
    • Pressure
    • Composition
    Temperature
    • Thermal layers
    – Thermosphere
    – Mesosphere
    – Stratosphere
    – Troposphere
    Pressure
    • Atmospheric pressure normally is
    highest at sea level and
    diminishes rapidly with increasing
    altitude.
    Composition
    • Homosphere • Ozonosphere
    • Heterosphere • Ionosphere
    Weather and Climate
    • Weather
    – Refers to the short-run atmospheric condition
    that exist for a given time in a specific area.
    • Climate
    – Is the aggregate of the day-to-day weather
    conditions over a long period of time.
    Elements and controls of
    weather and climate
    1. Temperature
    – Latitude
    2. Pressure
    – Distribution of land and water
    3. Wind
    – General circulation of the atmosphere
    1. Moisture content
    – General circulation of the oceans
    – Elevation
    – Topographic barriers
    – Storms
    2. Clouds
    3. Precipitation

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