Introduction to Atmospheric Physics - Crash Course #1

Part 1 of my Crash Course in Atmospheric Physics. In this video we introduce the atmosphere, talking about how big the atmosphere is, what the atmosphere is made of, and what the layers in the atmosphere are.

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In this series we will cover:
- Introduction to the atmosphere
- Radiation concepts
- Air parcels
- Stability in the atmosphere
- Thermal concepts and the first law of thermodynamics
- Absorption and emission spectra
- The stratospheric polar vortex
- Global warming
- Geoengineering

Next video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6pPQ1TOXpY
Series playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiZiIJMDh4ykRUFqr7RmTJHHyIxoW-DTL

Further reading
- A good textbook for this whole series is "Atmospheric Science - An introductory survey" by Wallace and Hobbs.
- For more information on the ambiguity of the size of the atmosphere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line#Alternatives_to_the_definition
- For more information on the composition of the atmosphere: https://climate.ncsu.edu/edu/k12/.AtmComposition
- For more information on the layers of the atmosphere: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/science/atmosphere-layers2.html

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