And why does it decrease with height through the mesosphere?
2007-03-26 14:48:33 · 3 answers · asked by Yay Area 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
The action of sunlight on the upper atmosphere which forms ozone and heats the atmosphere. This is why there is a hole in the ozone layer over Antartica during the winter, no sun = no ozone.
2007-03-26 19:29:29 · answer #1 · answered by MSG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It increases with height in the stratosphere due to the ozone layer. In the mesosphere, it drops with height due to the ideal gas law: as a parcel of air moves higher, it expands due to there being less pressure acting on it. As a parcel expands, the molecules interact with each other less and thus the parcel cools.
2007-03-27 15:51:31 · answer #2 · answered by monarenee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ozone layer is found in this stratosphere and the obsorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by this ozone is mainly responsible for the increase of temperature in the stratosphere.
2007-03-27 05:21:25 · answer #3 · answered by Arasan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋