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| Name: | troposphere |
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| Description: | The lowest atmospheric layer, with a total height of about 18 kilometres at the equator and about 6 km at the Poles, in which air temperature decreases normally with height at about 6.5°C per km. For Earth observation purposes, the troposphere height is often conventionally set to 12 km. |
| Type: | Noun |
| Term is: | Medium | | Term has: | | |
