Overview of the Earth’s Atmosphere Composition 99% of the atmosphere is within 30km of the Earth’s surface. N2 78% and O2 21% The percentages represent a constant amount…

Textbook chapter 2, p. 33-36 chapter 3, p. 74-79 chapter 4, p. 122-123 Stability and Cloud Development Why does the atmosphere sometimes produce stratus clouds while at other…

Representing and Constraining Cloud Droplet Formation Athanasios Nenes School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Georgia…

Slide 1CHAPTER 2 ENERGY THAT DRIVES THE STORMS CHAPTER 2 ENERGY THAT DRIVES THE STORMS Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4  Temperature measures the average speed of air molecules…

Estimating Vertical Motion Profile Shape within Tropical Weather States Zachary Handlos and Larissa Back University of Wisconsin – Madison Department of Atmospheric and…