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From: =^.^= (bparks_at_hidden_email_address.net)
Date: 07/05/1996

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At 12:22 PM 7/5/96 +0300, Timo Nousiainen wrote:
>Tropopause is the top of troposphere, which in turn is the lowest part of
the
>atmosphere (this definition is based on the profile of mean temperature).
>Troposphere is the region where all the weather phenomena take place and
>consist some 80-85 percent of the total mass of the atmosphere. Right
>above troposhere is the stratosphere (tropopause is between these) and
>above stratosphere is the mesosphere (and between these is the
>stratopause). Above mesosphere is thermosphere, but the air is already
>so thin that it is more like wandering molecules and ions that a gas.
>Hope this helped.

Thank you, Timo, for that explanation. It was very understandable and helped
a great deal.

>Welcome and enjoy yourself.

Thank you!

Ciao!
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