-as of [24 OCTOBER 2024]–
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(/ˈstrætəˌsfɪər, -toʊ-/)
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*the stratosphere is the second major layer of earth’s ‘atmosphere’, just above the ‘troposphere’, and below the ‘mesosphere’*
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(about 20% of the atmosphere’s mass is contained in the ‘stratosphere’)
(the ‘stratosphere’ is ‘stratified’ in ‘temperature’, with warmer layers higher and cooler layers closer to the ‘earth’)
(the increase of ‘temperature’ with ‘altitude’ is a result of the absorption of the sun’s ‘ultraviolet radiation’ by the ‘ozone layer’)
(this is in contrast to the ‘troposphere’, near the earth’s surface, where ‘temperature’ decreases with ‘altitude’)
(the border between the ‘troposphere’ and ‘stratosphere’, the ‘tropopause’, marks where this ‘temperature inversion’ begins)
(near the ‘equator’, the ‘stratosphere’ starts at 18 km (59,000 ft; 11 mi); at ‘mid-latitudes’, it starts at 10–13 km (33,000–43,000 ft; 6.2–8.1 mi) and ends at 50 km (160,000 ft; 31 mi); at the ‘poles’, it starts at about 8 km (26,000 ft; 5.0 mi))
(temperatures vary within the ‘stratosphere’ with the ‘seasons’, in particular with the ‘polar night’ (aka ‘winter’))
(the greatest variation of ‘temperature’ takes place over the ‘poles’ in the ‘lower stratosphere’;
variations at ‘lower latitudes’ and ‘higher altitudes’ are smaller
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