ETOPO1 Global bathymetry and elevation
ETOPO1 - Amante, C. and B. W. Eakins, ETOPO1 1 Arc-Minute Global Relief Model: Procedures, Data Sources and Analysis, National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, Boulder, CO, August 2008.
Downloaded from National Geophysical Data Center, April 1, 2009.
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Questions for thought
- How does temperature vary with altitude?
- How does pressure vary with altitude?
- What happens to balloons at high altitude?
- Is the atmosphere homogenous in its composition or layered by the atomic weight of its components?
See The Atmosphere, Atmospheric Composition