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Earth's lower atmosphere (dry air) is primarily composed of Nitrogen (78.08%) and Oxygen (20.95%), which together make up about 99% of its volume. The remaining 1% consists of Argon (0.93%), Carbon Dioxide (approx. 0.04%), and trace amounts of neon, helium, methane, and other gases. Water vapor content is highly variable, ranging from near 0% to 4%.
These key components of Earth's Atmosphere (Dry Air) Nitrogen (N2), Oxygen (O2), Argon (Ar), and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) are our next focus, including lesser quantities of trace gases Neon (Ne), Helium (He), Methane (CH4), Krypton (Kr), and Hydrogen (H2) to fill in to reach 100%.
While nitrogen and oxygen tend to be constant, water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and methane (CH4) concentrations fluctuate based on location and time.
What impact do these changes in gas percentages have on atmospheric dynamics?
In the previous post graphs were shown concerning changes in temperature and humid air pressure/density (Last" Doesn't Always Mean "Previous - 7).
The graphs below show the impact on layers and zones in terms of "chemical potential" when those changes in t_si/p_si (temperature and humid air pressure/density) take place.
But what happens when the percent amounts change, but still add up to 100%?
If Nitrogen (N2) 78.08% drops to 75% and the remaining 3.08% is distributed into the other gases, what impact does that have on temperature, pressure, density and chemical potential?
I will begin to explore that in the next episode, but in the meantime let's ponder the event that scientists "got wrong", i.e., when the 2024 heat increase caught them by surprise ("Last" Doesn't Always Mean "Previous" - 4).
And let's ponder why Dr. James Hansen says it was caused by the removal of "aerosols" from the atmosphere (EPA regs changed concerning emissions by "container ships", etc.).
And let's also consider the Dredd Blog hypothesis of "saturation" (The Saturation Chronicles, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 , 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12).
Stay tuned if you dare.
The next post concerning gasses in air is here, the previous post in this series is here.
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