2007-09-18 06:34:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
It typically varies from about 16 km in the tropics to 8 km at the poles, but it can change substantially seasonally, or even from day-to-day, at any single location.
2007-09-18 10:11:18 · answer #1 · answered by pegminer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The height of the tropopause(which is the roof of the troposphere) over a place varies with latitude of the place and also time of the year.It is heighest over the equator in summer and lowest over the poles in winter.Its average height in summer is 16 Kms over the Equator, 11 Kms in 50 degree latitude,and 9 Kms over poles.This varies in differnt seasons as well as in different years.
2007-09-19 04:09:56 · answer #2 · answered by Arasan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It varies from 16 kilometers above the equator to less than 9 kilometers above the North and South Poles.
2016-05-12 14:10:20 · answer #3 · answered by Laura 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
roughly 11 miles dep at the equator and 5 miles at the poles.
2007-09-18 10:52:09 · answer #4 · answered by Azalian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋