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Special conditions at layer F2 ionosphere
I saw this graph about the electrons density in different altitudes and difference between night and day, the difference between the 2 electron densities (day and night) decreases till 300 Km (F2 ...
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How far does typical view of clouds/atmosphere extend?
The specific "sub questions" I'm asking are:
When you are looking at clouds just on the horizon, how far away would they be?
How wide (in km) is that total field of vision at roughly cloud height.
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Why does air contain $Ar$ specifically?
Air consists roughly of $N_2$, $O_2$ and $Ar$.
Why is $Ar$ the relatively common noble gas compound and not for example the lighter ones $He$ or $Ne$?
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Refraction and scattered light for NLCs
For helping with judging NLC candidates (are they NLC or not) I have a set of formulas to calculate the minimum altitude (in km) of the candidate given an observed altitude (in degrees) of the ...
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Ozone Hole in the South Pole
Perhaps this should be a chemistry question, but it seems to have physics attributes. There's a perennial ozone "hole" around the south pole created by destruction from Cl based chemicals like CFCs. ...
