<p>The question is the following:</p>

<p>In order to understand the sources and sinks of greenhouse gases we need to understand their transport, both vertically and horizontally.  It takes _______ time for a gas to travel from Boston to Tokyo, Japan than from Boston to just over the equator.</p>

<p>with the options being more/less/same. I think the answer should be more since the distance is less (by quite a bit apparently). However, I'm not sure if my reasoning is correct there. </p>

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2020-02-23T20:33:20.570Z
For this you need to consider how air moves in the atmosphere. Consider the jet stream & Hadley cells & other atmospheric currents
Fred
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2020-02-24T03:09:18.707Z
Not a homework question. Just came across it, and was curious. I'm a Computer Science guy, but am looking to learn about climate change
pasha
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2020-02-24T04:13:34.580Z
This video: https://youtu.be/MaXDrLOhI_A will help you understand atmospheric circulation
Gimelist
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2020-02-24T15:09:01.577Z
please take a look here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadley_cell and here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream and you might find this helpful https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-62.42,1.42,424 the last link will show you how the wind moves at different elevations and you can even find how polution moves around the world.if you use this information you will be able to edit your question and make it a lot more spesific.
trond hansen
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Time it takes for a gas to go to the equator
pasha
# Time it takes for a gas to go to the equator

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-23)

The question is the following:

In order to understand the sources and sinks of greenhouse gases we need to understand their transport, both vertically and horizontally. It takes \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ time for a gas to travel from Boston to Tokyo, Japan than from Boston to just over the equator.

with the options being more/less/same. I think the answer should be more since the distance is less (by quite a bit apparently). However, I'm not sure if my reasoning is correct there.

**Tags:** greenhouse-gases, transportation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: For this you need to consider how air moves in the atmosphere. Consider the jet stream & Hadley cells & other atmospheric currents  
> **username_0**: Not a homework question. Just came across it, and was curious. I'm a Computer Science guy, but am looking to learn about climate change  
> **username_2**: This video: https://youtu.be/MaXDrLOhI_A will help you understand atmospheric circulation  
> **username_3**: please take a look here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadley_cell and here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream and you might find this helpful https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-62.42,1.42,424 the last link will show you how the wind moves at different elevations and you can even find how polution moves around the world.if you use this information you will be able to edit your question and make it a lot more spesific.  

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