troposphere

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troposphere (plural tropospheres)

The lower levels of the atmosphere extending from the surface of the Earth or another celestial body up to the tropopause. It is characterized by convective air movements and a large vertical temperature change.

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Almost all familiar weather phenomena occur in the troposphere (the lower part of the atmosphere). Source: Internet

A haze permeates most of Triton's troposphere, thought to be composed largely of hydrocarbons and nitriles created by the action of sunlight on methane. Source: Internet

Actually, that isn't true; if greenhouse gasses are the cause of the observed warming (models also predict this), the surface and lowest part of the troposphere should warm but further up warming is less and eventually switches over to cooling. Source: Internet

As the aerosols grow and coagulate, they settle down into the upper troposphere where they serve as nuclei for cirrus clouds and further modify the Earth's radiation balance. Source: Internet

Due to the warming of the troposphere from the increased greenhouse effect of the polar stratospheric clouds, the stratosphere would cool and would potentially increase the amount of polar stratospheric clouds. Source: Internet

Clouds observed above Triton's limb by Voyager 2. Turbulence at Triton's surface creates a troposphere (a "weather region") rising to an altitude of 8 km. Source: Internet

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