ozone is the gas in the stratosphere that causes temperatures to increase with altitude.
what gas in the stratosphere causes temperatures to increase with altitude?
ozone
the stratosphere () is the second major layer of earth's atmosphere, just above the troposphere, and below the mesosphere. the stratosphere is stratified (layered) in temperature, with warmer layers higher and cooler layers closer to the earth; this increase of temperature with altitude is a result of the absorption of the sun's ultraviolet radiation by the ozone layer. this is in contrast to the troposphere, near the earth's surface, where temperature decreases with altitude. the border between the troposphere and stratosphere, the tropopause, marks where this temperature inversion begins. near the equator, the stratosphere starts at as high as , around at midlatitudes, and at about at the poles. temperatures range from an average of near the tropopause to an average of near the mesosphere. stratospheric temperatures also vary within the stratosphere as the seasons change, reaching particularly low temperatures in the polar night (winter). winds in the stratosphere can far exceed those in the troposphere, reaching near in the southern polar vortex.
stratosphere
these 2 mev gamma rays typically produce an e1 pulse near ground level at moderately high latitudes that peaks at about 50,000 volts per metre. the ionization process in the mid-stratosphere causes this region to become an electrical conductor, a process that blocks the production of further electromagnetic signals and causes the field strength to saturate at about 50,000 volts per metre. the strength of the e1 pulse depends upon the number and intensity of the gamma rays and upon the rapidity of the gamma ray burst. strength is also somewhat dependent upon altitude.
nuclear electromagnetic pulse