Chapter 1
I am a meteorologist that has been travelling through the different layers of earths atmosphere. There are many layers and each layer has different things happening. As I was studying my career i learned about the 5 different levels of the atmosphere. The Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere. The Each layer is unique and has something different happening. The Troposphere closest to the earth is where our weather comes from, this layer is also made of 99% water vapour. The air temperature in this layer is -80*c. It is located 5-7 miles above the poles. Its time for me to continue on my journey to the next layer.
The stratosphere is the next level on the levels of the atmosphere, in this layer the ozone layer and jet stream is happening. We are travelling through the stratosphere by airplane but due to the low air pressure not many airplanes can fly with in the stratosphere. I am in a special one made to fly in thin air. The temperature of this layer is caused by the absorption of light in the ozone layer.
As I travel through the mesosphere the temperature decreases as the altitude increases. This is a cause of solar heating decreasing and increased cooling by co2 instead. I am located 50 kilometres above the earths surface. Noctilucent clouds (Night clouds) are located at this level. Also in the day the D layer is present, some ionization occurs with nitric oxide being ionized by lumen series-alpha hydrogen radiation. The ionization is so weak that when the night falls it disappears the free electron and ion form back into a neutral molecule.
The next layer i am travelling to is the largest layer of earths atmosphere. known as the thermosphere, within this layer is where ultraviolet radiation causes photoionization. From the earth the thermosphere is 311 to 621 miles from the earth. The temperature with this layer is largely influenced by solar energy.This layer starts to fade into space, the air is extremely thin. The temperature is quite hot as the particles are moving quickly. It starts at an altitude of 500 km and goes out to about 10,000 km. The top of the exosphere marks the line between earths atmosphere and interplanetary space.
Chapter 2
As I sit here with all my other water droplet friends in this pool of water I wonder when I am ever going to see something new. The sun comes out and all of my water droplet friends are disappearing. Oh no when am i going to go, I guess I have to wait my turn. Ahhh, now I am travelling upwards towards the atmosphere by evaporation, I have changed from a liquid to a gas. Now I am up waiting in the atmosphere within a cloud back in my normal state as a water droplet. condensation has made me back into a droplet of water. I sit in the clouds until there is no longer any room and it starts raining. I then hit the ground and absorb back into the ground and the cycle begins again.
Chapter 3
Billy was on his journey to look for a new climate in Canada other then his usual rainy winters and hot summers in BC’s temperate climate. BC never gets very cold, even in the winter it remains anywhere from 0 to -4 He wanted to travel where he had never been before, Seeing a lot of snow and ice was one of the things he wanted to do. Billy was talking to his friend Miranda and she was telling him about Nunavut. Nunavut seemed like a great new place to explore. The typical weather for Nunavut in the winter is from -15 to -30, and in the summer if can be highs of 30. Billy booked a flight and was all ready to go, he was flying from Vancouver to Nunavut. He was very excited for change, it snows a lot in Nunavut and the weather is so cold in the winter.
Chapter 4
Today a disaster has hit the Calgary area and I was stuck in the middle of downtown. A mass flooding happening causing Millions of dollars in damage.The flood was due to some odd weather, a high pressure system to the north and winds blowing towards the west. The storm was stuck in the middle and that is why the one part of Calgary flooded, it had no where to move. Since the ground in Calgary was still frozen it could not absorb the rainfall, which then lead to mass flooding. The province was hit hard homes, Businesses and many other parts of the city were destroyed. Its not very often that this happens, “The stars have to line up” says a news reporter. My house was one of the ones that was hit hard, I had to evacuate. It was so hard leaving knowing that everything could be destroyed. The economic impacts of the flood were devastating, $6 billion in damages and many people were unable to work. I work in the service industry and was unable to work because down town Calgary was closed for about a week so that the water could recede and become safe to enter.
Chapter 5
As I sit here and think about the earth and how climate change has effected it I cringe. The climate of our world is effected by humans and how much fossil fuels we dump into the world, how many times you forgot to recycle or left your car running when it didn't need to be. All of these many things lead to humans changing our world. Agriculture is being impacted majorly because there are many pesticides and other chemicals being dumped or sprayed on our food. Also Genetically Modified food is becoming a big thing now a days, so they can produce more food in a shorter period of time.
I am a meteorologist that has been travelling through the different layers of earths atmosphere. There are many layers and each layer has different things happening. As I was studying my career i learned about the 5 different levels of the atmosphere. The Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere. The Each layer is unique and has something different happening. The Troposphere closest to the earth is where our weather comes from, this layer is also made of 99% water vapour. The air temperature in this layer is -80*c. It is located 5-7 miles above the poles. Its time for me to continue on my journey to the next layer.
The stratosphere is the next level on the levels of the atmosphere, in this layer the ozone layer and jet stream is happening. We are travelling through the stratosphere by airplane but due to the low air pressure not many airplanes can fly with in the stratosphere. I am in a special one made to fly in thin air. The temperature of this layer is caused by the absorption of light in the ozone layer.
As I travel through the mesosphere the temperature decreases as the altitude increases. This is a cause of solar heating decreasing and increased cooling by co2 instead. I am located 50 kilometres above the earths surface. Noctilucent clouds (Night clouds) are located at this level. Also in the day the D layer is present, some ionization occurs with nitric oxide being ionized by lumen series-alpha hydrogen radiation. The ionization is so weak that when the night falls it disappears the free electron and ion form back into a neutral molecule.
The next layer i am travelling to is the largest layer of earths atmosphere. known as the thermosphere, within this layer is where ultraviolet radiation causes photoionization. From the earth the thermosphere is 311 to 621 miles from the earth. The temperature with this layer is largely influenced by solar energy.This layer starts to fade into space, the air is extremely thin. The temperature is quite hot as the particles are moving quickly. It starts at an altitude of 500 km and goes out to about 10,000 km. The top of the exosphere marks the line between earths atmosphere and interplanetary space.
Chapter 2
As I sit here with all my other water droplet friends in this pool of water I wonder when I am ever going to see something new. The sun comes out and all of my water droplet friends are disappearing. Oh no when am i going to go, I guess I have to wait my turn. Ahhh, now I am travelling upwards towards the atmosphere by evaporation, I have changed from a liquid to a gas. Now I am up waiting in the atmosphere within a cloud back in my normal state as a water droplet. condensation has made me back into a droplet of water. I sit in the clouds until there is no longer any room and it starts raining. I then hit the ground and absorb back into the ground and the cycle begins again.
Chapter 3
Billy was on his journey to look for a new climate in Canada other then his usual rainy winters and hot summers in BC’s temperate climate. BC never gets very cold, even in the winter it remains anywhere from 0 to -4 He wanted to travel where he had never been before, Seeing a lot of snow and ice was one of the things he wanted to do. Billy was talking to his friend Miranda and she was telling him about Nunavut. Nunavut seemed like a great new place to explore. The typical weather for Nunavut in the winter is from -15 to -30, and in the summer if can be highs of 30. Billy booked a flight and was all ready to go, he was flying from Vancouver to Nunavut. He was very excited for change, it snows a lot in Nunavut and the weather is so cold in the winter.
Chapter 4
Today a disaster has hit the Calgary area and I was stuck in the middle of downtown. A mass flooding happening causing Millions of dollars in damage.The flood was due to some odd weather, a high pressure system to the north and winds blowing towards the west. The storm was stuck in the middle and that is why the one part of Calgary flooded, it had no where to move. Since the ground in Calgary was still frozen it could not absorb the rainfall, which then lead to mass flooding. The province was hit hard homes, Businesses and many other parts of the city were destroyed. Its not very often that this happens, “The stars have to line up” says a news reporter. My house was one of the ones that was hit hard, I had to evacuate. It was so hard leaving knowing that everything could be destroyed. The economic impacts of the flood were devastating, $6 billion in damages and many people were unable to work. I work in the service industry and was unable to work because down town Calgary was closed for about a week so that the water could recede and become safe to enter.
Chapter 5
As I sit here and think about the earth and how climate change has effected it I cringe. The climate of our world is effected by humans and how much fossil fuels we dump into the world, how many times you forgot to recycle or left your car running when it didn't need to be. All of these many things lead to humans changing our world. Agriculture is being impacted majorly because there are many pesticides and other chemicals being dumped or sprayed on our food. Also Genetically Modified food is becoming a big thing now a days, so they can produce more food in a shorter period of time.
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