GEO 121 1st Edition Lecture 12 Outline of Last Lecture I Galaxy II Solar System III Gravity IV Planet a Terrestrial b Gas V Fusion Reaction a Thermonuclear VI Solar Winds Outline of Current Lecture II Atmosphere III Standard Barometric Pressure IV Refraction V Absorption VI Types of Precipitation VII Chapter Highlights Current Lecture Atmosphere Gases that are compressible Troposphere o Closest to Earth Stratosphere o Second closest to Earth Tropopause These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o Boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere As we go up into the atmosphere pressure decreases Standard Barometric pressure At sea level o Mercurial 29 92 inches of mercury Refraction Sky is blue The visible light wave matches the incoming solar energy and produces the color blue to our eye Absorption How much heat Stays in the Earth hot air rises and leaves the earth o Types of precipitation Orographic Convectional Frontal Chapter Highlights Pg 115 Orographic Pg 127 Orographic Pg 155 All types of precipitation pg 157 Orographic pg lot Frontal pg 172 Cross section of a warm front pg 176 Frontal
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