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Tropopause

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The tropopause is the boundary in the Earth's atmosphere between the troposphere and the stratosphere. [1]

38 relations: Academic Press, American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, Atmosphere of Earth, Continuous function, Convective overshoot, D. Reidel, Density, Equator, Geneva, Inversion (meteorology), Isentropic process, Jet stream, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Journal of Climate, Journal of Geophysical Research, Lapse rate, Madison, Wisconsin, Maximum parcel level, Moisture, Monthly Weather Review, Northern Hemisphere, Oscillation, Overshooting top, Ozone, Planetary boundary layer, Potential temperature, Potential vorticity, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Southern Hemisphere, Stratosphere, Thunderstorm, Troposphere, Vorticity, Water vapor, Weather, Wisconsin, World Meteorological Organization.

Academic Press

Academic Press is an academic book publisher.

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American Geophysical Union

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of geophysicists, consisting of over 62,000 members from 144 countries.

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American Meteorological Society

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is the premier scientific and professional organization in the United States promoting and disseminating information about the atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic sciences. Its mission is to advance the atmospheric and related sciences, technologies, applications, and services for the benefit of society.

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Atmosphere of Earth

The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, commonly known as air, that surrounds the planet Earth and is retained by Earth's gravity.

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Continuous function

In mathematics, a continuous function is a function for which sufficiently small changes in the input result in arbitrarily small changes in the output.

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Convective overshoot

Convective overshoot is a phenomenon of convection carrying material beyond an unstable region of the atmosphere into a stratified, stable region.

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D. Reidel

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Density

The density, or more precisely, the volumetric mass density, of a substance is its mass per unit volume.

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Equator

An equator of a rotating spheroid (such as a planet) is its zeroth circle of latitude (parallel).

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Geneva

Geneva (Genève, Genèva, Genf, Ginevra, Genevra) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of the Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

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Inversion (meteorology)

In meteorology, an inversion is a deviation from the normal change of an atmospheric property with altitude.

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Isentropic process

In thermodynamics, an isentropic process is an idealized thermodynamic process that is both adiabatic and reversible.

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Jet stream

Jet streams are fast flowing, narrow, meandering air currents in the atmospheres of some planets, including Earth.

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Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

The Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology (formerly Journal of Applied Meteorology) is a scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society.

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Journal of Climate

The Journal of Climate (JCLI) is a scientific journal published semi-monthly by the American Meteorological Society.

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Journal of Geophysical Research

The Journal of Geophysical Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

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Lapse rate

Lapse rate is the rate at which Earth's atmospheric temperature decreases with an increase in altitude, or increases with the decrease in altitude.

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Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Dane County.

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Maximum parcel level

The maximum parcel level (MPL) is the highest level in the atmosphere that a moist convectively rising air parcel will reach after ascending from the level of free convection (LFC) through the free convective layer (FCL) and reaching the equilibrium level (EL), near the tropopause.

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Moisture

Moisture is the presence of a liquid, especially water, often in trace amounts.

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Monthly Weather Review

The Monthly Weather Review is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society.

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Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator.

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Oscillation

Oscillation is the repetitive variation, typically in time, of some measure about a central value (often a point of equilibrium) or between two or more different states.

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Overshooting top

An overshooting top (or penetrating top) is a dome-like protrusion shooting out of the top of the anvil of a thunderstorm.

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Ozone

Ozone, or trioxygen, is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula.

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Planetary boundary layer

In meteorology the planetary boundary layer (PBL), also known as the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), is the lowest part of the atmosphere.

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Potential temperature

The potential temperature of a parcel of fluid at pressure P is the temperature that the parcel would attain if adiabatically brought to a standard reference pressure P_, usually 1000 millibars.

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Potential vorticity

Potential vorticity (PV) is seen as one of the important theoretical successes of modern meteorology.

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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

The Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of meteorology published eight times per year.

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Southern Hemisphere

The Southern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is south of the Equator.

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Stratosphere

The stratosphere is the second major layer of Earth's atmosphere, just above the troposphere, and below the mesosphere.

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Thunderstorm

A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm, lightning storm, or thundershower, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder.

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Troposphere

The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, and is also where nearly all weather conditions take place.

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Vorticity

In continuum mechanics, the vorticity is a pseudovector field that describes the local spinning motion of a continuum near some point (the tendency of something to rotate), as would be seen by an observer located at that point and traveling along with the flow.

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Water vapor

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Weather

Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy.

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States, in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions.

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World Meteorological Organization

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 191 Member States and Territories.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropopause

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