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Descriptor English: Atmosphere
Descriptor Spanish: Atmósfera
Descriptor atmósfera
Entry term(s) capas de la atmósfera
estratosfera
ionosfera
litosfera
mesosfera
troposfera
Scope note: Envoltura gaseosa que rodea un planeta o cuerpo similar (Traducción libre del original: Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed).
Descriptor Portuguese: Atmosfera
Descriptor French: Atmosphère
Entry term(s): Atmospheres
Atmospheric Layers
Ionosphere
Lithosphere
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Tree number(s): G16.500.275.063
N06.230.300.100
SP4.606.178
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001272
Scope note: The gaseous envelope surrounding a planet or similar body. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
Annotation: /anal /chem permitted
Allowable Qualifiers: AN analysis
CH chemistry
Previous Indexing: Air (1966-1971)
Extraterrestrial Environment (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74(72)
DeCS ID: 1279
Unique ID: D001272
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Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Atmosphere - Preferred
Concept UI M0001915
Scope note The gaseous envelope surrounding a planet or similar body. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
Preferred term Atmosphere
Entry term(s) Atmospheres
Troposphere
Lithosphere - Narrower
Concept UI FD00060740
Scope note Solid layer that covers the surface of the globe. (Free translation from the original: Material III - Ministério da Ação Social, Brasília, 1992)
Preferred term Lithosphere
Ionosphere - Narrower
Concept UI FD00060921
Scope note The zone of the atmosphere, from about 70 km to 500 km, in which charged particles, ions and electrons are formed by photo-ionization under the effect of the sun's radiation. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Preferred term Ionosphere
Stratosphere - Narrower
Concept UI FD00060974
Scope note The zone of atmospheric air, above the troposphere, between 10 and 50 km altitude, in which the temperature changes vary little with height. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Preferred term Stratosphere
Atmospheric Layers - Narrower
Concept UI FD00061042
Scope note The layers of atmosphere together make up an extension of approximately 1000 km. They are: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere. They are not evenly distributed and their distance varies according to the density of the chemical elements that compose them, so that, as they move away from the Earth's surface, the more rarefied they become. (https://bit.ly/3y66fGT)
Preferred term Atmospheric Layers
Mesosphere - Narrower
Concept UI FD00061043
Preferred term Mesosphere



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