stratosphere

Definitions

General Science

• noun a layer of the Earth’s atmosphere, above the

  troposphere

  and the

  tropopause

  and separated from the

  mesosphere

  by the

  stratopause

Astronomy

• The part of the atmosphere bounded by the

  tropopause

  below and the stratopause above, about 12–50km above the Earth’s surface. Although the gasses of the stratosphere are very thin, they can be warm – sometimes over 30° – because of the presence of stratospheric ozone, which captures the energy of the Sun’s

  ultraviolet light

  .

Aviation

• noun the layer of the atmosphere which extends from the

  tropopause

  to about 50 km above

  mean sea level

Electronics

• The layer within the atmosphere that occurs between the

  troposphere

  and the

  mesosphere

  . It ranges from approximately 10 kilometers to about 50 kilometers.

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Contexts for “stratosphere”

4 definitions in context
• General Science
• Astronomy
• Aviation
• Electronics