stratosphere

     

The stratosphere is the secon major layer of Earth's atmosphere, just above the troposphere, and below the mesosphere. It is stratified in temperature, with warmer layers higher up and cooler layers farther down. This is in contrast to the troposphere near the Earth's surface, which is cooler higher up and warmer farther down. The border of the troposphere and stratosphere, the tropopause, is marked by where this inversion begins, which in terms of atmospheric thermodynamics is the equilibrium level. The stratosphere is situated between about 10 km (6 miles) and 50 km (31 miles) altitude above the surface at moderate latitudes, while at the poles it starts at about 8 km (5 miles) altitude.

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  • This Vegas tower seen here is the tallest building west of the Mississippi & has a roller coaster 900 feet up
  • Just above the troposphere is this ozone-containing layer of the atmosphere
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  • Earth's atmosphere layer which lies between the troposphere & the mesosphere
  • The highest jet streams occur in this layer of the atmosphere that begins 10 miles above the earth
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  • To avoid storms, planes will often fly in this relatively peaceful atmosphere layer that's just below the mesosphere
  • Ultraviolet radiation is mainly absorbed by the ozone layer in this larger layer of the Earth's atmosphere
  • It extends upwards from the tropopause to about 30 miles above the Earth
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a cross-section of the atmosphere on the monitor.) Making life on Earth possible, 90% of the world's ozone is found in this layer of the atmosphere

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