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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 97. Chapters: Atmospheric pressure, Troposphere, Greenhouse effect, Mesosphere, Ozone layer, Ionosphere, Thermosphere, Stratosphere, Exosphere, Tropopause, D region, Atmospheric duct, Surface pressure, Mesopause, Atmospheric waveguide, Atmosphere of Earth, International Standard Atmosphere, Stratopause, Atmospheric methane, Gas, Balanced flow, Polar wind, Atmospheric dispersion modeling, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, Air quality, Atmosphere of Titan, Infrared window, Barometric formula, Atmospheric escape, Radiation properties, Clutter, Terrestrial gamma-ray flash, Armstrong Limit, Keeling Curve, Karman line, Mineral dust, Atmospheric diffraction, Atmospheric models, Runaway greenhouse effect, Global Atmosphere Watch, Lighter than air, Air quality law, National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center, U.S. Standard Atmosphere, Scale height, Liquid air, Equatorial electrojet, Ozone layer formation, Air shower, Hydrodynamic escape, Sporadic E propagation, Sky voltage, Cyanometer, International Reference Ionosphere, Ionospheric absorption, Telluric contamination, Standard day, NRLMSISE-00, Plasmasphere, Carbon respiration, Sura Ionospheric Heating Facility, Controlled atmosphere, COSPAR international reference atmosphere, Sodium layer, Thermopause, Total electron content, Jacchia Reference Atmosphere, Turbopause, Convergence zone, Technical atmosphere, Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions, Subsidence, Ionospheric storm, Clutter folding, Anacoustic zone, Cold trap, Secondary atmosphere, S4 Index, Primary atmosphere, Jet standard atmosphere, Field aligned irregularities. Excerpt: Atmospheric methane levels are of interest due to its impact on climate change. Atmospheric methane is one of the most potent and influential greenhouse gases on Earth. The 100-year global warming potential of methane is 25, i.e. it tr...