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Which process causes the temperature to decrease as one goes higher in the mesosphere?
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∙ 11y ago
Above the stratopause and extending to an altitude of about 80 Km is the atmospheric layer called the mesosphere.In this layer,the temperature decreases as the altitude increases.In fact,the mesosphere is the coldest layer of the atmosphere,dropping to a temperature of -90C.The upper boundary of the mesosphere,called mesopause ,is market by a return to increase temperatures.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe temperature in the mesosphere decreases as altitude increases because the amount of gas molecules in the mesosphere is very low the area is unable to absorb the radiation from the sun.
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∙ 11y agofewer particles to convert the red-green light spectrum into heat
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Decrease and become closer to the dewpoint. :-)
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A loss of gas, or a decrease in temperature.
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salt a decrease in temperature and an increasue in salinity
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endothermic... it think
What chemical reaction called when it absorbs energy and causes decrease in temperature?
Probable you think to sweating.
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UV radiations hit the ozone layer in the stratosphere. The energy is turned into heat energy. The mesosphere has no heat source in itself and is far away from the Earth and the Sun. Both heat sources.
The upward movement of air in the atmosphere generally causes the temperature of that air to?
Decrease and become closer to the dewpoint. :-)
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There is a thing called the "heat of compression" which causes all compressed substances to increase in temperature.
