The Atmosphere: An Introduction to Meteorology (14th Edition)
The Atmosphere: An Introduction to Meteorology (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780134758589
Author: Frederick K. Lutgens, Edward J. Tarbuck, Redina Herman, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 8BN

(a)

To determine

The height of the tropopause at a middle-latitude city where the surface temperature is 10C and the temperature at the tropopause is 55C.

(b)

To determine

The air temperature at the tropopause encountered at 16 km at a station near the equator where the surface temperature is 25C.

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