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Why do we find methane clouds above water clouds in Saturn's atmosphere?
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∙ 11y ago
The reason is simple, water vapour is denser than methane meaning that the methane cloud layer forms above the 'water' clouds. Saturn also mostly has an atmosphere of Ammonia clouds.
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How would you describe the atmosphere on Saturn?
Saturn's atmosphere consists mainly of hydrogen, helium, and trace amounts of methane, ammonia and other gases. This planet has bands of clouds in its atmosphere. However, these cloud layers are arranges in three different layers called cloud decks. Above theses clouds is a haze layer.
What is Neptune made of?
Neptune consists primarily of 80% hydrogen and 19% helium. In smaller amounts, it also consists of water, methane, ammonia, and other compounds that can form ice in our solar system's temperatures. Neptune is classified as an ice giant planet, mainly made of the ice-forming molecules water, ammonia, and methane as a liquid mixture above what is thought to be a rocky core. Its atmosphere is mainly hydrogen and helium, along with methane gas that gives the planet a blue-green color
What is Air above the Earth that is warmed by reflection of sun and rays and is prevented from passing back into space?
You are referring to the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, and methane, largely) in the atmosphere.
What is the planet Uranus atmosphere like?
The atmosphere of Uranus, like those of the larger gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn, is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium. At depth it is significantly enriched in volatiles (dubbed "ices") such as water, ammonia and methane. The opposite is true for the upper atmosphere, which contains very few gases heavier than hydrogen and helium due to its low temperature. Uranus's atmosphere is the coldest of all the planets, with its temperature reaching as low as 49 K.The Uranian atmosphere can be divided into three main layers: the troposphere, between altitudes of −300[a] and 50 km and pressures from 100 to 0.1 bar; the stratosphere, spanning altitudes between 50 and 4000 km and pressures of between 0.1 and 10−10 bar; and the hot thermosphere (and exosphere) extending from an altitude of 4,000 km to several Uranian radii from the nominal surface at 1 bar pressure.[1] Unlike Earth's, Uranus's atmosphere has no mesosphere.The troposphere hosts four cloud layers: methane clouds at about 1.2 bar, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia clouds at 3-10 bar, ammonium hydrosulfide clouds at 20-40 bar, and finally water clouds below 50 bar. Only the upper two cloud layers have been observed directly-the deeper clouds remain speculative. Above the clouds lie several tenuous layers of photochemical haze. Discrete bright tropospheric clouds are rare on Uranus, probably due to sluggish convection in the planet's interior. Nevertheless observations of such clouds were used to measure the planet's zonal winds, which are remarkably fast with speeds up to 240 m/s.Little is known about the Uranian atmosphere as to date only one spacecraft, Voyager 2, which passed by the planet in 1986, has studied it in detail. No other missions to Uranus are currently scheduled.
What is the most common element in Saturn's atmosphere?
The main gas (in atmosphere) on Venus is carbon dioxide.The main gas (in atmosphere) on Venus is carbon dioxide.The main gas (in atmosphere) on Venus is carbon dioxide.
What planet appears blue-green because of methane in the atmosphere above lower clouds?
Neptune c:
How would you describe the atmosphere on Saturn?
Saturn's atmosphere consists mainly of hydrogen, helium, and trace amounts of methane, ammonia and other gases. This planet has bands of clouds in its atmosphere. However, these cloud layers are arranges in three different layers called cloud decks. Above theses clouds is a haze layer.
Why are clouds above earth?
Because the water that evaporates floats up into the atmosphere, and then forms a cloud.
What is the trotosphere?
The Troposphere is a layer of the first layer of the atmosphere. It is about right above the clouds.
How does the hydrosphere work with atmosphere?
The hydrosphere is right above the atmosphere, and it doesn't really do much except make clouds. The thing that helps make clouds is: - the temperatures in that area -mixed with the water vapor that evaporates from earth's oceans, rivers, and lakes.
When was The Clouds Above created?
The Clouds Above was created in 2005.
A meteorologist is observing clouds to determine the next day's weather forecast These clouds are located in the?
Cloud is a visible mass of droplets or frozen crystals floating in the atmosphere above the surface of the Earth.Form of lights.
What is Neptune made of?
Neptune consists primarily of 80% hydrogen and 19% helium. In smaller amounts, it also consists of water, methane, ammonia, and other compounds that can form ice in our solar system's temperatures. Neptune is classified as an ice giant planet, mainly made of the ice-forming molecules water, ammonia, and methane as a liquid mixture above what is thought to be a rocky core. Its atmosphere is mainly hydrogen and helium, along with methane gas that gives the planet a blue-green color
What makes up the majority of clouds on Venus?
Near the surface: Sulphuric Acid vapor. For most of the atmosphere above the surface: Carbon Dioxide.
When was Far Above the Clouds created?
Far Above the Clouds was created in 1999.
Is the sun above the clouds or below the clouds?
The sun is above the clouds, because when the clouds pass through it covers the sun. So yes the clouds are below the sun.
What is Air above the Earth what is that is warmed by reflection of sun's rays and is prevented from passing back into space?
You are referring to the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, and methane, largely) in the atmosphere.
