• lurker2718@lemmings.world
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      7 months ago

      The stratosphere is heated not by the ground but directly from solar radiation leading to higher power input at the upper layers. So the top is hotter and now convection never starts and you get no cooling of the air when rising.

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        7 months ago

        Wild! How come the Mesosphere gets colder as altitude increases again like the troposphere but unlike the stratosphere?!