tropopause
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
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... altitude at an average rate of about 3.6°F per 1,000 ft (2°C per 305 m), reaching about -70°F (-57°C) at its apex, the tropopause. Above the troposphere is an atmospheric ozone layer, which is also the lower layer of the stratosphere . Temperature changes ...
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