stratosphere
IPA: strˈætʌsfɪr
noun
- (geology, obsolete) Collectively, those layers of the Earth’s crust which primarily comprise stratified deposits.
- (meteorology) The region of the uppermost atmosphere where temperature increases along with the altitude due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone. The stratosphere extends from the tropopause (10–15 kilometers) to approximately 50 kilometers, where it is succeeded by the mesosphere.
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Examples of "stratosphere" in Sentences
- The ozone layer is contained within the stratosphere.
- This is the distribution of ozone in the stratosphere.
- It is carried into the stratosphere by rising air in the tropics.
- The cloud carried the radioactive contaminants into the stratosphere.
- However, CFCs are well mixed in the troposphere and the stratosphere.
- So that altitude is somewhere in the middle of the Stratosphere layer.
- Does the cooling of the stratosphere also decrease stratospheric ozone
- The most pronounced decrease in ozone has been in the lower stratosphere.
- Ozone is helpful up in the stratosphere but unhealthy in the troposhphere.
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