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THE ATMOSPHERE AS AN ENVIRONMENT 



STRATOSPHERE 



TROPOPAUSE 



CONVECTION LAYER 



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OUTER FRICTIONAL TURBULENCE LAYE^ 



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TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER 



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LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER 



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CLEAR NIGHT CLOUDY DAY SUNNY DAY 



Fig. 3. — Diagrammaticrepresentationof layers of the atmosphere with a logarith- 

 mic vertical scale. 



Nomenclature of atmospheric layers 



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