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.
- The stratosphere is the next major atmospheric layer.
- 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.
- This year, the temperature in the stratosphere is a little less cold than in 2006.
- These nitrogen oxides are formed in the stratosphere from the decomposition of nitrous oxide
- Separating the mesosphere from the stratosphere is a transition zone called the stratopause.
- The purpose in flying in the stratosphere is not primarily to get as far away from the earth as one can.
- If, he can find a vehicle like – “The Tin Cup” or “No Way Out” – to skyrocket his career back into the stratosphere, that is.
- As I recall the stratosphere measurements show cooling and that in direction at least is in agreement with the climate models.
- Indeed, recent observational findings confirm that “the stratosphere is a major player in determining the memory of the climate system” [36].
- Specifically, she has conducted numerous investigations of photochemistry and of transport processes in the upper atmosphere (that is, the stratosphere and troposphere).