Talk:Stratosphere

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I reworked the definition at the top of the article, to bring in convection immediately. The earlier versions defined the stratosphere in terms of altitude, but altitude is an accidental attribute. The stratosphere is defined by its, well, stratification; the altitude, while important, is secondary. zowie 17:34, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)zowie

Temp?

I'd like to see a source for the temp of the stratosphere and also if it varies so much why did the person not also tell us what the bottom temp. is?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.228.130.18 (talk) 19:43, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Could someone also fix the apparent contradiction between the opening and this section? The opening clearly states the difference between the troposphere (where the temperature drops as altitude rises vs the stratophere's temp rising with altitude. This section currently declares they both drop with altitude. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elisevil (talk • contribs) 08:06, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Ozone depletion

The section on ozone depletion in this article is poor. A concise summary of the main article would be useful. I may do this at some point but don't hold your breath...

I also think that (like Troposphere) this article needs a lot of work. Again something for my long to do list.--NHSavage 21:43, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

With the ozone layer recovery, the rate of global warming is expected to rise since the added stability of the tropopause? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.156.31.132 (talk) 08:43, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Tried to fix

Someone from 67.85.154.210 vandalized this article on Dec 13, 2006. I reverted it to the previous version, and request the Wiki Gods to dispatch a tactical nuclear strike against the offender. Well, banning his IP would be nice too.

Headline text

10-31 miles (16-50km) these atmospheres are the most important because they protect us from the suns raise. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.119.63.45 (talk) 02:34, 7 February 2007 (UTC). YOU ARE NOT TELLING ME THAT MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THE GASES IN THE STATOSPHERE AND THE OTHER LAYER OF THE ATOMOSPHERE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

Stratospheric dust?

The article The Miracle of the Sun (aka miracle of Fatima, 1917) gives one skeptic's hypothesis as "Steuart Campbell, writing for the 1989 edition of Journal of Meteorology, postulated that a cloud of stratospheric dust changed the appearance of the sun on 13 October, making it easy to look at, and causing it to appear yellow, blue, and violet and to spin. In support of his hypothesis, Mr. Campbell reports that a blue and reddened sun was reported in China as documented in 1983. ." -- Stratosphere has no information on stratospheric dust. Is there another article on this subject on Wikipedia? Should such information be added to Stratosphere? -- 201.19.77.39 12:31, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

♥atmosphere♥  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.200.87.13 (talk) 11:41, 7 February 2010 (UTC) 

References

Picture over size?

the picture... for me.. is a bit... overdoing it.. it could be smaller... in my opinion.. (RIS cody (talk) 23:09, 3 March 2010 (UTC))

Height discrepancies

The article says The stratosphere is situated between about 10 km (6 mi) and 50 km (30 mi) altitude above the surface at moderate latitudes, while at the poles it starts at about 8 km (5 mi) altitude.

The image gives the troposphere a height of 6-20km.

The article Troposphere says The average depth of the troposphere is approximately 17 km (11 mi) in the middle latitudes. It is deeper in the tropics, up to 20 km (12 mi), and shallower near the polar regions, at 7 km (4.3 mi) in summer, and indistinct in winter..

78.147.53.244 (talk) 16:33, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

"Stratospheric"

The usage, naming and primary topic of Stratospheric is under discussion, see talk:Stratospheric -- 67.70.32.190 (talk) 11:03, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Birds

I question if the following is appropriate in this article:

Some bird species have been reported to fly at the lower levels of the stratosphere. On November 29, 1973, a Rüppell's vulture was ingested into a jet engine 11,278 m (37,000 ft) above the Ivory Coast, and bar-headed geese reportedly overfly Mount Everest's summit, which is 8,848 m (29,029 ft).

In the lede the equatorial stratosphere is said to begin at 59,000 ft (though this is uncited). The Ivory Coast and Mount Everest are both fairly close to the equator, therefore I don't see why 37,000 ft and 29,000 ft can be considered to be "at the lower levels of the stratosphere". Further, none of the three sources actually mentions the word "stratosphere". While these instances are fascinating (imagine seeing a vulture outside your airplane window!)... do they belong here? —— Henry chianski (talk) 19:47, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Life -> Bacteria

This section says: In 2001 an Indian experiment, involving a was carried out at a height of 41 kilometres and a sample of dust was collected with bacterial material inside.

The sentence seems to be missing an object. Does anyone know what that experiment was involving? 91.65.65.184 (talk) 10:51, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

"High-altitude balloon" – sentence rewritten and secondary source added. --Kkmurray (talk) 17:34, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Stratosphere Peak?

• "and at about 7 km (23,000 ft; 4.3 mi) at the poles" :: it looks like that if Mount Everest formed in a high latitude, its top would be in the stratosphere. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:03, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

I can't understand

our atmosphere 103.113.18.10 (talk) 08:31, 24 March 2023 (UTC)