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Why when altitude increasestemperature decreases in the troposphere?
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∙ 11y ago
With altitude, gravitational pull on the air decreases, which means the air expands and air pressure drops. When any gas expands, it cools off.
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What layer does the jet stream flow below?
The main jet streams are located near the tropopause, the transition between the troposphere (where temperature decreases with altitude) and the stratosphere(where temperature increases with altitude).
What forces the temperature to increase with the altitude in the troposphere?
If the temperature increases with increasing altitude in the troposphere, then a temperature inversion exists. All the weather that we are primarily interested in, occurs in the troposphere.
Convection occurs in the troposphere but not in the stratosphere because?
Because of the temperature in the troposphere that decreases as the altitude also lowers, convection only happens on it and not in the stratosphere. Also, because of the warm air from the land that is rising to the troposphere it becomes denser than the air above it that makes convection only happen in the said layer.
What layer reaches the highest altitude?
Troposphere
What effect on air pressure with altitude explain briefly?
As altitude increases, air pressure decreases. As altitude decreases, air pressure increases.
In the troposphere which decreases as altitude increase?
Temperature decreases as altitude increases in the troposphere
Does the temperature in the troposphere increase as the altitude increases?
No, the temperature in the troposphere decreases as the altitude increases.
The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. How does temperature change with altitude in the troposphere?
Temperature decreases as altitude increases.
Troposphere increase or decrease in air temp?
The temperature of the Troposphere generally decreases as altitude increases.
Which decreases as altitude increases?
As altitude increases pressure and temperature decrease.
In the troposphere and mesosphere what happens to temperature as altitude increases?
The temperature decreases
Does the temperature increase or decrease with altitiude in the troposphere?
The temperature decreases with altitude.
As altitude increases in the Troposphere does the temperature increase?
No, the temperature does not increase in fact it decreases as the altitude increases yes it does.
What is the range of the troposphere?
15 at the surface and up to negative 55 at the tropopause. Temprature decreases by higher altitude (only in troposphere).
What is the relationship between temperature and altitude in the troposphere?
Temperature and altitude are inversely proportional in the troposphere. This means that as one increases, the other decreases. Approximately 165 meters up in the troposphere is equivalent to a 1 degree Celsius drop.
In the troposphere does the temperature increase or decrease with altitude?
In the troposphere, temperatures decrease with altitude (air pressure), in the effect known as the adiabatic lapse rate (9.8 °C per thousand feet).
What are the locations of the layers of the atmosphere?
The troposphere. The troposphere is one of the four layers of the atmosphere (0-10km in altitude) containing water vapour. Clouds are formed by water condensing and as air cools. This is why cloud formation is possible because the temperature of the troposphere decreases with altitude.
