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Satellite maps tropospheric ozone

Ozone is a key species in the troposphere. A strong greenhouse gas and a main component of photochemical smog, its presence affects the lifetime of methane and many other hydrocarbons.

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Typhoons and hurricanes are cause of troposphere and stratosphere mixing

Deep air convection influences climate through injecting water-vapor-rich, ozone-poor air from Earth's near surface to the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere and displacing water-vapor-poor, ozone-rich air downward.

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