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100 Day 3 90 Day 5 Level of skill (%) 80 70 Day 7 60 50 40 Northern hemisphere Southern hemisphere 30 85 90 95 00 05 Year concentration (ppm by volume) 380 370 Atmospheric CO 2 360 350 Mauna Loa 340 South Pole 330 320
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10 20 30 40 50 60 90 100 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 Temperature (K) Height (km) 1000 100 10 1 0.1 0.01 0.001 300 80 70 Pressure (hPa) Thermosphere Mesopause Mesosphere Stratopause Stratosphere Troposphere Tropopause
[Photograph courtesy of Rose Toomer and Bureau of Meteorology, Australia.]
100 80 60 40 20 Height (km) 90 70 50 30 10 10 30 50 70 90 100 10 1 0.1 0.01 0.00
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[Photograph courtesy of Brooks Martner, NOAA.]
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60E 120E 180 120W 60W 60S 30S 30N 60N 60E 120E 180 120W 60W 60S 30S 30N 60N
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