Geophysics & Environmental Physics
5 terms
Geophysics & Environmental Physics
Adiabatic Lapse Rate
The rate at which the temperature of a rising or descending air parcel changes as it expands or compresses adiabatically without heat…
Geophysics & Environmental PhysicsAlbedo
The fraction of total incident solar electromagnetic radiation reflected back into space by a surface or planetary body.
Geophysics & Environmental PhysicsAsthenosphere
The ductile, mechanically weak, deformable upper mantle layer located directly beneath the rigid lithosphere.
Geophysics & Environmental PhysicsAtmospheric Aerosols
Microscopic solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in the atmosphere originating from natural or human sources.
Geophysics & Environmental PhysicsAuroral Oval
An elliptical ring-shaped belt around Earth's magnetic poles where energetic magnetospheric electrons precipitate into the upper atmosphere…