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| Troposphere | Layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth's surface, where most of the mass of the atmosphere is found and in whih most weather takes place and air pollution collects.
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| Stratosphere | Layer of Earth's atmosphere that is located above the tropopause and is made up primarily of concentrated ozone.
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| Mesosphere | Layer of Earth's atmosphere above the stratopause.
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| Thermosphere | Layer of Earth's atmosphere that is located above the mesopause; oxygen atoms absorb solar radiaton causing the themperature to increase in this layer.
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| Exosphere | Outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere that is located above the thermospherre with no clear boundary at the top; transitional region between Earth's atmosphere and outer space.
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| Radiation | The transfer of thermal energyy electromagnetic waves; the transfer of thermal energy from the Sun to Earth by radiation.
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| Conduction | The transfer of thermal energyy between objects in contact by the collisions between the particles in the objects.
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| Convection | The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of heated material from one place to another.
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| Temperature inversion | Increase in temperature with height in an atmosphereic layer, which inverts the temperature-altitude relationship and can worsen air-pollution.
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| Humidity | Amount of water vapor in the atmossphere at a given location on Earth's surface.
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| Saturation | The point at which water molecules leaving the water's surface equals the rate of water molecules returning to the surface.
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| Relative Humidity | Ratio of wate vapor contained in a specific volume of air compared with how much water vapor that amount of air actually can hold; expressed as a precentage.
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| Dew Point | Temperature to which air is cooled at a constant pressure to reach saturation, at which point condensation can occur.
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| Latent heat | Stored energy in water vapor that is not released to warm the atmosphere until condensation takes place.
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| Condensation Nucleus | Small partile in the atmosphere around which cloud droplets can form.
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| Orographic Lifting | Cloud formation that occurs when warm, moist air is forced to rise up the side of a mountain.
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| Cumulus | Puffy, lumpy looking clouds that usually occur below 2000 m.
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| Stratus | A layered sheetlike cloud that covers much or all of the sky in a given area.
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| Cirrus | High clouds made up of ice crystals that form at heights of 6000 meters; often have a wispy, indistinct appearance.
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| Precipitation | All solid and liquid forms of wate - including rain, snow, sleet, and hail - that fall from clouds.
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| Coalescence | Process that occurs when cloud droplets collide and form larger droplets, which eventually become too heavy to remain aloft and can fall to Earth as precipitation.
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