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LOWER TROPOSPHERE [1 record]

Record 1 2002-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Climatology
DEF

Lower portion of the troposphere whose upper bound is not very clearly delineated although well below the tropopause.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Climatologie
DEF

Partie de la troposphère, de dimension non définie, située plus près de la surface terrestre que de la tropopause.

OBS

Le niveau où la pression atteint quatre-vingt-cinq kilopascals (kPa) en unités SI, ou huit cent cinquante millibars, est généralement considéré comme la limite de la basse troposphère.

OBS

Le terme anglais lower atmosphere est parfois utilisé au sens de lower troposphere.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
  • Climatología
DEF

Capa inferior de la atmósfera.

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