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Temperature decreases with height throughout the mesosphere. The coldest temperatures in Earth's atmosphere, about -90° C (-130° F), are found near the top of this layer. The boundary between the mesosphere and the thermosphere is called the mesopause.
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In the mesosphere, temperature decreases as altitude increases. This characteristic is used to define limits: it begins at the top of the stratosphere (sometimes called the stratopause), and ends at the mesopause, which is the coldest part of Earth's atmosphere, with temperatures below −143 °C (−225 °F; 130 K).
10 paź 2024 · Modelling studies indicate that mesosphere temperature trends can largely be explained by the increase in CO 2 concentration and changes in ozone concentration (Akmaev et al., 2006, Garcia et al., 2019, Ramesh et al., 2020).
Temperature decreases with height throughout the mesosphere. The coldest temperatures in Earth's atmosphere, about -90° C (-130° F), are found near the top of this layer. The air is much thinner (less dense) in the mesosphere than in the stratosphere below.
Mesosphere, region of the upper atmosphere between about 50 and 80 km (30 and 50 miles) above the surface of the Earth. The base of the mesosphere is defined as the temperature maximum existing at the top of the stratosphere, with the boundary between the two regions usually called the stratopause.
21 lis 2023 · The mesosphere temperature varies throughout. With an increase in altitude within the mesosphere, the temperature decreases because of a decrease in the absorption of penetrating...
2 paź 2019 · Mesosphere. Located between about 50 and 80 kilometers (31 and 50 miles) above Earth’s surface, the mesosphere gets progressively colder with altitude. In fact, the top of this layer is the coldest place found within the Earth system, with an average temperature of about minus 85 degrees Celsius (minus 120 degrees Fahrenheit).
