The tropopause is the atmospheric boundary that demarcates the lowest two layers of the atmosphere of Earth – the troposphere and stratosphere – which...

decreases with altitude, and between the troposphere and stratosphere is the tropopause border that demarcates the beginning of the temperature inversion. Near...

the tropopause, which is the functional atmospheric border that demarcates the troposphere from the stratosphere. As such, because the tropopause is an...

altitudes of around 7,000–12,000 m (23,000–39,000 ft) as it meets the tropopause. Here CAT is most frequently encountered in the regions of jet streams...

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(the tropopause) actually vary in the range between 49 and 57 K (−224 and −216 °C; −371 and −357 °F) depending on planetary latitude. The tropopause region...

atmosphere. It lies above the troposphere and is separated from it by the tropopause. This layer extends from the top of the troposphere at roughly 12 km (7...

atmosphere. The main jet streams are located near the altitude of the tropopause and are westerly winds, flowing west to east around the globe. The northern...

occurs within the troposphere. Following the tropopause is the stratosphere. This layer extends from the tropopause to the stratopause, which is located at...

79%, and for carbon dioxide, 88%. Higher than the troposphere, at the tropopause, the temperature is approximately constant with altitude (up to ~20 km)...

entering the atmosphere. Stratosphere: The stratosphere extends from the tropopause to about 51 km (32 mi; 167,000 ft). The stratopause, which is the boundary...

focuses on the balance between the outgoing longwave radiation at the tropopause, F IRtop ↑ {\textstyle F_{\text{IRtop}}^{\uparrow }} , and the optical...

S2CID 206691291. Geerts, B.; Linacre, E. (November 1997). "The height of the tropopause". Resources in Atmospheric Sciences. University of Wyoming. Archived from...

ground bursts) have the force to lift radioactive debris upwards past the tropopause into the stratosphere, where the calm non-turbulent winds permit the debris...

aviation: for instance, Aircraft operating at high altitudes near the tropopause (mainly large jet airliners) emit aerosols and leave contrails, both of...

temperature minima at an altitude of about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) (the tropopause) and at about 85 kilometres (53 mi) (the mesopause) (Figure 1). The thermosphere...

caused by wind shear or inversion at the equilibrium level near the tropopause. The shelf of the anvil may precede the main cloud's vertical component...

from the planet. It provides an approximation for the temperature of the tropopause on terrestrial planets with greenhouse gases present in their atmospheres...

invention of aircraft. Studies indicate that the metrological fluctuations in tropopause, associated with hydration of the lower stratosphere and stratospheric...

rear component of the pressure seal in all aircraft that cruise in a tropopause zone in the Earth's atmosphere. It helps maintain pressure when stratocruising...

airplanes: for instance, Airplanes operating at high altitudes near the tropopause (mainly large jet airliners) emit aerosols and leave contrails, both of...

phenomena, frontal shear can be observed at any altitude between surface and tropopause, and can therefore be seen both horizontally and vertically. Vertical...

equilibrium level and convection stops. This level is often near the tropopause and can be indicated as near where the anvil of a thunderstorm because...

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an area of warmer air and can rise no farther. Often this 'cap' is the tropopause. The air is instead forced to spread out, giving the storm a characteristic...

rare occasions, convective lift can be powerful enough to penetrate the tropopause and push the cloud top into the stratosphere. Frontal and cyclonic lift...

cumulonimbus cloud that is capable of precipitation but has not yet reached the tropopause, which is the height of stratospheric stability at which cumulonimbus...

kilometers of height where the lapse rate reaches zero, known today as the tropopause. He was the son of an engineer. He began his scientific career in 1880...

reaches the tropopause, it may spread against the wind, because its convection speed is higher than the ambient wind speed. At the tropopause, the cloud...

Ch.; Schumann, U.; Graf, K. (1 July 2016). "Contrail formation in the tropopause region caused by emissions from an Ariane 5 rocket". EUCASS Proceedings...