The stratosphere (/ˈstrætəˌsfɪər, -toʊ-/) is the second-lowest layer of the atmosphere of Earth, located above the troposphere and below the mesosphere...
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The Strat (redirect from Stratosphere Tower)
The Strat (formerly the Stratosphere) is a hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It includes a 1,149 ft (350.2 m) observation tower, the...
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Stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) is a proposed method of solar geoengineering (or solar radiation modification) to reduce global warming. This would...
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Look up stratosphere or stratospheric in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The stratosphere is a region of Earth's upper atmosphere. Stratosphere may also...
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Ozone layer (redirect from Stratospheric Ozone)
The ozone layer or ozone shield is a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation. It contains a high concentration...
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Stratosphere Girl (also known as The Stratosphere Girl in the United States) is a 2004 film from Germany written and directed by Matthias X. Oberg [de]...
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Polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) are clouds in the winter polar stratosphere at altitudes of 15,000–25,000 m (49,000–82,000 ft). They are best observed...
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Atmosphere of Earth (section Stratosphere)
characteristics such as temperature and composition, namely the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere (formally the ionosphere) and exosphere. The...
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Ozone depletion (redirect from Reduction of stratospheric ozone)
atmosphere,[citation needed] and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric ozone (the ozone layer) around Earth's polar regions. The latter phenomenon...
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Stratosphere is the debut studio album by American slowcore band Duster. The album was released February 24, 1998, on the Up Records label in the United...
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The Stratosphere Giant was once considered the tallest tree in the world. It was discovered in July 2000 growing along Bull Creek in Humboldt Redwoods...
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Suzuki Stratosphere is a Suzuki concept motorcycle, powered by an 1100cc transverse narrow-bore 24-valve inline-6 engine, rated at 180 HP. According to...
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when compared to the surrounding terrain. It was located on top of the Stratosphere Tower, Las Vegas, Nevada, which is the tallest free-standing observation...
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A sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) is an event in which polar stratospheric temperatures rise by several tens of kelvins (up to increases of about 50 °C...
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Alan Eustace (section Stratosphere jump)
retiring in 2015. On October 24, 2014, he made a free-fall jump from the stratosphere, breaking Felix Baumgartner's world record. The jump was from 135,890...
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is the atmospheric boundary that demarcates the troposphere from the stratosphere, which are the lowest two of the five layers of the atmosphere of Earth...
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functional atmospheric border that demarcates the troposphere from the stratosphere. As such, because the tropopause is an inversion layer in which air-temperature...
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Hyperspace (album) (redirect from Stratosphere (song))
S2CID 226515439. Draper, Jason (2020-11-20). "Hyperspace: Beck Takes To The Stratosphere With Pharrell Williams | uDiscover". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 2021-05-31...
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hypothesis is based on the fact that such fires can inject soot into the stratosphere, where it can block some direct sunlight from reaching the surface of...
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The Dukes of Stratosphear (redirect from The Dukes of the Stratosphere)
The Dukes of Stratosphear were an English rock band formed in 1984 by Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory, and Ian Gregory. Modelled after psychedelic...
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Zombies of the Stratosphere is a 1952 black and white Republic Studios serial directed by Fred C. Brannon, with a screenplay by Ronald Davidson, and special...
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Rockerville, South Dakota (redirect from Stratosphere Bowl)
Institution. ""Stratosphere Bowl" History Quest". Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2008. "Stratosphere Bowl". HomeTownLocator...
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The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was an 80/20 joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to construct and...
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atmosphere which is the boundary between two layers: the stratosphere and the mesosphere. In the stratosphere, the temperature increases with altitude, and the...
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Eocene (section Polar stratospheric clouds)
polar stratospheric clouds. Polar stratospheric clouds are clouds that occur in the lower stratosphere at very low temperatures. Polar stratospheric clouds...
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radiative effect. Volcanic stratospheric aerosols cool the surface by reflecting solar radiation and warm the stratosphere by absorbing terrestrial radiation...
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Atmosphere of Uranus (section Stratosphere)
between altitudes of −300 and 50 km and pressures from 100 to 0.1 bar; the stratosphere, spanning altitudes between 50 and 4000 km and pressures of between 0...
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Ozone–oxygen cycle (section Stratosphere)
is the process by which ozone is continually regenerated in Earth's stratosphere, converting ultraviolet radiation (UV) into heat. In 1930 Sydney Chapman...
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Richard Assmann (1845-1918), he is credited as co-discoverer of the stratosphere, as both men announced their discovery during the same time period in...
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show that over the past four decades the troposphere has warmed and the stratosphere has cooled. Both of these trends are consistent with the influence of...
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