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Rutherford identifies N2 in air.
Rutherford identifies N2 in air. Scheele and Priestley independently discover O2 -
H.Cavendish measures the composition of air
H.Cavendish measures the composition of air to be 79.16% nitrogen and 20.84% oxygen. -
Coriolis effect described
Coriolis effect described by the 19th-century French engineer-mathematician G. Coriolis -
Schonbein discovers ozone in the laboratory
Schonbein discovers ozone in the laboratory -
A. Cornu measures the spectrum of solar radiation
A. Cornu measures the spectrum of solar radiation -
W. Hartley concludes that Cornus’s absorber is ozone
W. Hartley concludes that Cornus’s absorber is ozone in the upper atmosphere. -
S. Chapman proposes the first photochemical theory
S. Chapman proposes the first photochemical theory for upper atmospheric ozone production -
Radar is used for weather tracking.
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N.Phillips completes the first successful numerical simulation
N.Phillips completes the first successful numerical simulation of atmospheric circulation -
The Explorer VI provides TV imagery of cloud cover.
The Explorer VI provides TV imagery of cloud cover. -
Manabe and Wetherald develop the one dimensional radiative convective model
Manabe and Wetherald develop the one dimensional radiative convective model including clouds,water vapor,CO2, and ozone and show that a doubling of CO2 can warm the planet by about 3 degrees. -
Reactions with OH and troposphere reaction
H. Levy proposes that reactions with OH radicals make up the main tropospheric sink for almost all gases emitted into the atmosphere -
Montreal Protocol
Many countries signed the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the Ozone layer in which signatories agree to control on the production and use of ozone destroying materials. -
Earth Radiation Budget
The Earth Radiation Budget Experiment demonstrates that clouds reflect significantly more solar energy than the long wave radiant heat energy they retain thus exerting a large cooling effect on the planet -
Halley and low radiation
Halley shows that low latitudes receive more solar radiation than higher ones and proposes that this gradient provides forcing for the atmosphere’s general circulation.
