atmospheric composition
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atmospheric composition
(¦at·mə¦sfir·ik ′käm·pə′zish·ən)
(meteorology) The chemical abundance in the earth's atmosphere of its constituents, including nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, water vapor, ozone, neon, helium, krypton, methane, hydrogen, and nitrous oxide.
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