Comment on If hot air rises, why is it colder at the top of a mountain?
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 7 months agoThat very well may be in the troposphere but why does the stratosphere do the opposite?
Comment on If hot air rises, why is it colder at the top of a mountain?
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 7 months agoThat very well may be in the troposphere but why does the stratosphere do the opposite?
lurker2718@lemmings.world 7 months ago
The stratosphere is heated not by the ground but directly from solar radiation leading to higher power input at the upper layers. So the top is hotter and now convection never starts and you get no cooling of the air when rising.
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wild! How come the Mesosphere gets colder as altitude increases again like the troposphere but unlike the stratosphere?!