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.

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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.

anonymous · Answer

tryin one last time..see if any new ppl get it

anonymous · Answer

we got 4 classmates here workign on it

anonymous · Answer

he laughed and told me i'm gonna fail

anonymous · Answer

sadly i didn't have a comeback

anonymous · Answer

i'm hoping satellite or someone jumps in and knows

anonymous · Answer

let me try this

myininaya · Answer

too many big words

anonymous · Answer

think this falls into the thermodynamics category

myininaya · Answer

do you have some kind of equation/formula for this?

anonymous · Answer

i got a ton of equations....none that seem to fit for this

anonymous · Answer

Try asking in Physics Forum, http://www.physicsforums.com/

anonymous · Answer

it's like a vague question that i don't even know where to start...all i got is the answer with no way of know hing how to set up the equation

myininaya · Answer

well i know none of the terms
and none of the formulas

anonymous · Answer

yea...i know it comes out to 20%....just don't know how lol