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Is the ionosphere the lower layer of the thermosphere?

Yes, it is though altitude of the thermosphere temperature increases as we exceed through-A 6th Grader


What happens to temperature as you move up through out the atmosphere?

Generally speaking, temperature decreases with altitude up to about 10km, then gradually incrases again peaking at around 50km, then falls off again until about 90km, then starts increasing again.


Does the temperature change as you travel through the atmosphere?

Yes the temperature changes both vertically (from the ground to space) and horizontally (from the equator to the poles).


What is the average daytime temperature of the planet Jupiter?

At the cloud tops, the temperature is about -145 degrees C. The pressure of the atmosphere is 10 times what we have on Earth, the temperatures are room temperature or 20 degrees C. The centre of the planet is about 35,700 degrees C. The answer depends on how deep you are into Jupiter's atmosphere. Jupiter is a "gas giant", so it has no surface as we would conceive of. It does, however, have clouds; and at the top of the clouds, the temperature is around -130c. The temperature increases gradually with increasing depth, as you sink through the cloud layers. There is a region where temperatures and pressures are similar to those on the Earth; it had been supposed there were water clouds there, and possibly life - but the space probe dispatched by Galileo found no water clouds. The temperature then increases to hundreds and eventually thousands of degrees (at which depths there would be no daylight) - at which point the hydrogen/ helium atmosphere slowly becomes liquid under the pressure. Estimates for the temperature of the solid rocky core, some 60,000km deep into the planet, vary from 30,000 to 250,000c.


How and why does solar altitude affect the intensity of solar radiation received at the Earth s surface?

The higher in the sky the sun is the more solar radiation received at the surface. This is because as the sun gets higher in the sky, there is less atmosphere blocking the sun's rays. Imagine the sun going through the atmosphere at a 90 degree angle. The thickness of the atmosphere let say is x thick. As the sun hit the surface at a lower angle, the thickness of the atmosphere has to go through more atmosphere to get to the surface. So the thicker atmosphere blocks more of the sun's rays.

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How the temperature changes as you travel up through the atmosphere.?

The temperature in the atmosphere decreases as altitude increases. The reason for this is there is less warmth from the surface of the earth reaching the higher altitudes because there are fewer particles of the atmosphere to transfer the heat. The temperature begins to increase, however, around 100km in altitude because of the heat and radiation from the sun.


How the temperature change as you travel up through the atmosphere?

The temperature in the atmosphere decreases as altitude increases. The reason for this is there is less warmth from the surface of the earth reaching the higher altitudes because there are fewer particles of the atmosphere to transfer the heat. The temperature begins to increase, however, around 100km in altitude because of the heat and radiation from the sun.


How does temperature change as you go higher through the atmosphere?

There are four layers of the atmosphere. At the ground is the troposphere, followed by the stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere. Temperature decreases with height through the troposphere, increases in the stratosphere, decreases in the mesosphere, then increases again in the thermosphere.


How does temperature change as you go through the atmosphere?

There are four layers of the atmosphere. At the ground is the troposphere, followed by the stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere. Temperature decreases with height through the troposphere, increases in the stratosphere, decreases in the mesosphere, then increases again in the thermosphere.


Is the ionosphere lower layer of the thermosphere?

Yes, it is though altitude of the thermosphere temperature increases as we exceed through-A 6th Grader


Is the ionosphere the lower layer of the thermosphere?

Yes, it is though altitude of the thermosphere temperature increases as we exceed through-A 6th Grader


Why doe the amount of water vapour decrease rapidly with altitude?

To know the reason behind it remember one thing that with increasing altitude the temperature decreases eg. in may month there will be high temperature in mumbai that is at low altitude and comparatively low temperature in himalayan region (eg. srinagar) that is at high altitude.Now as we know that high temperature increases the rate of evaporation and if the rate of evaporation is increased through leaves then more water will go into atmosphere and humidity will increase and this gives us our answer that is...............at high altitude because of low temperature the evaporation rate decreases and thus there are less water vapour in atmosphere as compared to low altitude areas where there is high temperature and high vapour rate in air due to evaporation


Why does air cool when it rises through the atmosphere what type of cooling is it known as?

Air cools becuase when its rising through the atmosphere altitude decreases temperature, and when air rises its temperature drops at the dry abiatic rate. This type of cooling is known as adiabatic.


Why does air cool when it rises through the atmosphere what is this type of cooling known as?

Air cools becuase when its rising through the atmosphere altitude decreases temperature, and when air rises its temperature drops at the dry abiatic rate. This type of cooling is known as adiabatic.


How does the temperature change as you go up through the troposhpere?

as altitude increases in the troposphere the temp. decreases. on average for every 1 kilometer increase in altitude the air gets about 6.5 Celsius degrees cool.


As you move up through the mesosphere the temperature?

As you move up through the mesosphere the temperature increases.


What happens to temperature as you move up through out the atmosphere?

Generally speaking, temperature decreases with altitude up to about 10km, then gradually incrases again peaking at around 50km, then falls off again until about 90km, then starts increasing again.