atmospheric composition

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• Atmospheric chemistry — is a branch of atmospheric science in which the chemistry of the Earth s atmosphere and that of other planets is studied. It is a multidisciplinary field of research and draws on environmental chemistry, physics, meteorology, computer modeling,… …   Wikipedia

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• Atmospheric Chemistry Observational Databases — Over the last two centuries many atmospheric chemical observations have been made from a variety of ground based, airborne, and orbital platforms and deposited in databases. Many of these databases are publicly available. All of the instruments… …   Wikipedia

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• Upper Atmospheric Models — Most climate models simulate a region of the Earth s atmosphere from the surface to the stratopause. There also exist numerical models which simulate the wind, temperature and composition of the Earth s tenuous upper atmosphere, from the… …   Wikipedia

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• atmosphere, evolution of — Introduction  the development of Earth s (Earth) atmosphere across geologic time. The process by which the current atmosphere arose from earlier conditions is complex; however, evidence related to the evolution of Earth s atmosphere, though… …   Universalium