The predicted upper atmosphere hot spots have not been found.
Not exact matches
Vinyl cyanide, a compound
predicted to form membranelike structures, is created in Titan's
upper atmosphere, scientists report July 28 in Science Advances.
The measures don't reveal exactly how much bromine is in the
upper atmosphere, where the ozone layer sits, but they can be used to
predict how much of the ozone - destroying chemical will eventually make its way there.
Understanding how ocean gases are pumped into the
upper atmosphere could help
predict and even regulate our future world environment
«Space scientists need to understand the hiss to
predict radiation in the
upper atmosphere,» Bortnik says.
Based on the nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide in Pluto's
atmosphere, scientists
predicted the dwarf planet's
upper atmosphere would be a brisk — 173 ° Celsius.
As long
predicted, the meteor's initial pinprick of light spreads into a curved bow shock as it plows into the
upper atmosphere at supersonic speeds of 71 kilometers per second.
- temperature sensors on satellites report much less warming in the
upper atmosphere (which the theory of global warming
predicts should warm first) than is reported by temperature sensors on the ground.
``... point out that cooling trends are exactly as
predicted by increasing greenhouse gas trends,... It is interesting to note that significant solar forcing would have exactly the opposite effect (it would cause warming)» (of the
upper atmosphere)
For instance, back in the 1960s, simple climate models
predicted that global warming caused by more carbon dioxide would lead to cooling in the
upper atmosphere (because the heat is getting trapped at the surface).
The effective radiating height is simply a median point between the lower part of the
atmosphere which is warmer than the S - B Law
predicts and the
upper part which is colder than the S - B Law
predicts.
It is also worth mentioning that, in 1984, Hugh Ellsaesser
predicted the
upper troposphere would become dryer if the
atmosphere warmed.
Knowing the different formation mechanisms will help scientists
predict the amount of water vapor in the
upper atmosphere, which affects the balance of warming and cooling that determines the Earth's climate change.
No hot spot in the
upper tropical
atmosphere, as all models
predict.
There is still some ambiguity in the tropics, where most measurements show the surface warming faster than the
upper troposphere, whereas the models
predict faster warming of the
atmosphere.