Essays on Atmosphere

‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ is a novel written by Harper Lee during the Great Depression era in the 1930’s. The story resembles that of a real case, in which a group of black men were falsely accused of raping two white girls, and were sentenced to death – in this novel, Tom Robinson, a black…

Have you ever heard of the second largest classic explosive eruption of the twentieth century? The purpose of this report is to examine the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Pinatubo in June 1991. This volcano is located on the island of Luzon in the Philippines; a mere 90 kilometers (55 miles) northwest of the capital city…

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is the area encircling the earth near the equator where winds originating in the northern and southern hemispheres come together. Consequences of the ITCZ’s movement are the “monsoon seasons” that affect areas in the tropics, as well as the formation of tropical storms during the local hemispheric…

The decade that became known as the “Dirty Thirties” was literally quite what its name implied-dirty! During the period of 1930-1940, located in the heart of the Great Plains of the United States, was a series of massive dust storms and long-term drought. Another well-earned nickname this region was known for was the Dust Bowl….

Cloud Formation Cloud A cloud is a visible mass of condensation droplets. Water moves into the atmosphere through the process of evaporation and transpiration. Water vapors join the dust particles in the atmosphere to form clouds.  Finally, water returns to Earth as precipitation in the form of rain, snow, and hail. Clouds cannot be formed…

Titan – Saturn’s Moon Saturn has the most complex and extensive system of satellites in the solar system as well as course as the rings. There are 18 large moons  as listed by Chaisson and McMillan in table 12 :2 Astronomy Today, 6th Edition page 322, which are usefully classed in 3 groups – the small…

Introduction The aim of this design project is to prepare a feasible report for the storage of 450tons of apple for a period about 4 month. It is desired to design a controlled atmosphere cold storage facility and calculate the optimum total, fixed and variable costs in Eregli, Konya. The highest temperature in Eregli, Konya…

HYDRO-ECOSPHERE Hydro-ecosphere is considered as a more suitable habitat for microorganisms than the atmosphere and lithosphere, mainly because hydrosphere contains water, which is important in microbial metabolism (Atlas and Bartha, 1993). The unique properties of water are also attributes of hydrosphere as a suitable habitat. Due to polarity of water (slightly negative and slightly positive),…

Earth atmosphere There are three types of Earth atmosphere are known today and they can be distinguished by their chemical composition. The present atmosphere is usually referred to as the “3rd atmosphere”, as it appears to be the latest. The first type of atmosphere was primarily composed of helium and hydrogen, and the heat provided…

The heat gradient of the earth’s surface serves as the driving force for atmospheric circulation (Hodell & Thomas, 2000). The resulting differences in the temperature of different areas also bring forth a variation in pressure. When there is a difference in terms of pressure, air movement is initiated, and thus, wind is formed. Also, since…