The phrase "amount of atmosphere" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the quantity or extent of the atmosphere in a scientific or descriptive context.
Example: "The amount of atmosphere surrounding the Earth plays a crucial role in regulating temperature and supporting life."
Alternatives: "volume of atmosphere" or "quantity of atmosphere".
"Fortunately," Mr. Marantz added, "in New York, there's usually a fair amount of atmosphere".
*By "direct sunlight", I mean sunlight that gets blocked by the least amount of atmosphere.
There was a certain amount of atmosphere too, thanks mostly to the West Ham fans keeping up a persistent din and celebrating the 15th anniversary of Roy Keane's prawn sandwich remarks by noting the reserve of the home support.
Late Proms, often a repository for some of the festival's more leftfield dabbling, usually have a certain amount of atmosphere to them even if you can sometimes hear tumbleweed rustling around the upper tiers.
If you think about it, sunlight or moonlight must travel through the maximum amount of atmosphere to get to your eyes when the Sun or Moon is on the horizon (remember that that atmosphere is a sphere around the Earth).
On the day of the incident with the dog and the red-haired lady, Soars and I were out on the little chairs that sat inside the iron fence in front of the brownstone, where a large pink potted hibiscus set out by the guy in the basement apartment added a huge amount of atmosphere.
They have a limited amount of air because the atmosphere is unbreathable, and things start to get out of hand.
The crucial point is that there is a specific limit to the amount of radiation the atmosphere can emit.
It is reported that the presence of a small amount of dust in atmosphere has a negligible effect on the performance of PV module (Siddiqui and Bajpai 2012).
The musical score (Matthew Margeson) and cinematography (George Richmond, Quantum of Solace) add just the right amount of drama and atmosphere, especially during Eddie's perilous, death defying jumps.
According to some atmospheric scientists, this miniscule amount of methane in our atmosphere already has half the potency of carbon dioxide in warming our globe.
