Question

Estimate the percentage of the mass of the atmosphere that resides in the stratosphere based on the following information: The mean pressure level of trapical tropopause is around 100hPa and that of the extratropical tropopause is near 300 hPa. The break between the tropical and the extratropical tropopause occurs near 30 degrees latitude so that exactly half the area of the Earth lies in the tropics and half in the extratropics.

Answer 1

wow, what class is it for

Answer 2

yea still stuck on this one

Answer 3

meteorology

Answer 4

we should ask al roker

Answer 5

i'm supposed to get around 20% for the answer...but no idea how to set up the equation

Answer 6

lol yea...u got his number?

Answer 7

u have any other ideas?

Answer 8

yeah, but not good ones, lol

Answer 9

it doesn't seem like it should be that difficult...yet here i am 4 hours later lol

Answer 10

did you ask in physics section as well, because they might know better

Answer 11

yea i'll try that

Answer 12

try chemistry as well