NALT

Preferred term

troposphere

Topic

That portion of the atmosphere from the Earth's surface to the stratosphere; that is, the lowest 10 to 20 kilometers of the atmosphere. The troposphere is characterized by decreasing temperature with height, appreciable vertical wind motion, appreciable water vapor content, and weather. Dynamically, the troposphere can be divided into the following layers: surface boundary layer, Ekman layer, and free atmosphere.

Earth atmosphere

tropopause

atmospheric boundary layer
Ekman layer
planetary boundary layer

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

74581

Spanish

troposfera

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/212234

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Created 3/20/14, last modified 6/22/16