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General Science => General Science => Topic started by: Petrochemicals on 13/01/2019 16:08:10

Title: Would an increase in the amounts of gases affect the depth of the atmosphere?
Post by: Petrochemicals on 13/01/2019 16:08:10

In the case of global warming, more moisture shall be in the atmosphere due to higher air and ground temperatures, so along with co2 this is leading to an increace in the ammmount of gas in the atmosphere.

Now the atmosphere as is, is governed by the gravitational attraction, lessening as you get into the higher atmosphere, but not noticably, making the heat pressure and  volume of the gas laws the governing factors.

Will the atmosphere expand and cool, or will higher temperatures rule? Or a bit of both. My theory being the denser lower atmosphere will expand upwards in a refrigeration cycle, but the atmosphere over all will remain the same. This will lead to higher precipitation and turbulence as energy is deposited in the higher atmosphere when water condenses.

Title: Re: Would an increase in the amounts of gases affect the depth of the atmosphere?
Post by: chris on 16/01/2019 08:54:53

I would think that the depth of the atmosphere will not be greatly impacted, but the density would increase at the planet surface; Venus has an exceptionally dense atmosphere, probably produced by out-gassing.