Find the names of the levels of our atmosphere and their respective distances from the surface of the earth.

Question

If the layer has a substantial thickness, record the distance range that corresponds to the layer. Calculate the surface area and the volume of the sphere that correspond to the outermost edge of each layer of the atmosphere Please help me with this problem!

Answer 1

try this:

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/e...

or this

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream//atmos...

or the old favorite - Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth's_atm...

As for calculating the surface area.

the radius of the earth is 6371km - os for each layer you have to add the height above the earths surface to earth's radius to get the radius of the sphere. the the surface area is 4 pi R^2.

To get the volume - use the volume of a sphere 4 pi R^3/3

and remember to subtract the volume of the earth for the lowest layer, and the volume of the earth + the lower layers for the upper layers...

ADDED: what on earth did I say to merit a thumbs down?

Answer 2

Troposphere: ground to 10 km

Stratosphere: 10-40 km

Mesosphere: 40-50 km

Thermosphere: 50-300 km

Exosphere: 300-400 km