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Preferred term

troposphere

Definition

  • [GEMET] The lowest of the concentric layers of the atmosphere, occurring between the Earth's surface and the tropopause. It is the zone where atmospheric turbulence is at its greatest and where the bulk of the Earth's weather is generated. It contains almost all the water vapour and aerosols and three-quarters of the total gaseous mass of the atmosphere. Throughout the troposphere temperature decreases with height at a mean rate of 6.5°C/km and the whole zone is capped by either an inversion of temperature or an isothermal layer at the tropopause.

Broader concept

Scope note

  • LTER EU controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Arabic

  • التروبوسفير - الطبقة السفلى من الغلاف الجوي

Bulgarian

  • Тропосфера

Chinese

  • 对流层

Croatian

  • troposfera

Czech

  • troposféra

Danish

  • troposfære

Dutch

  • troposfeer

Estonian

  • troposfäär

Finnish

  • troposfääri

French

  • troposphère

German

  • Troposphäre

Greek

  • τροπόσφαιρα

Hungarian

  • troposzféra

Italian

  • troposfera

Japanese

  • 対流圏

Latvian

  • troposfēra

Lithuanian

  • troposfera

Norwegian

  • troposfære

Polish

  • troposfera

Portuguese

  • troposfera

Romanian

  • troposferă

Slovak

  • troposféra

Slovenian

  • troposfera

Spanish

  • troposfera

Swedish

  • troposfär

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21925

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