Talk:Earth's atmosphere

This article was ported here from Wikipedia

I have taken it apart and rebuilt with major reformatting, major deletions, majors additions, new tables and a new image. It is now a full-fledged CZ article. Milton Beychok 18:48, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

My first venture outside my field of expertise

This is my first venture outside my field of expertise. CZ needed this article, so I ported it here from WP and re-did it (see just above).

I would very much appreciate it if someone with atmospheric science expertise would offer comments and/or edits. Milton Beychok 18:59, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Some initial thoughts, which may or may not fit.

Let's be sure to have some redlinks for radio propagation, which isn't restricted to the ionosphere (e.g., troposcatter). I'll try to fill them in.

I'm not sure if it's worth mentioning the issue of microclimatology vs. climatology/meteorology, and how terrain features can have surprising effects. This is something I learned to appreciate when working on the Vietnam-era "People Sniffer" (an ammonia detector), and also in chemical warfare.

Will spend some more time later -- I am getting some notes out of an overdue book I need to return to the library before it closes.Howard C. Berkowitz 19:29, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Milton, in reply to your post on my talk, I think the article is excellent. As a general rule I'm against ex-wikipedia content appearing on CZ, not out of any dislike for WP (I'm a member of both) but just because I want to see CZ stand on its own feet. But putting that aside this time, I think it's excellent. CZ needs more like you. My knowledge is more extra-terrestrial, but I'll see if there's anything I can add at some point. Tom F Walker 20:30, 18 August 2009 (UTC)