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