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Tropopause

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-028807

The tropopause marks the limit of the troposphere and the beginning of the stratosphere. The temperature above the tropopause increases slowly with height up to about 50 km.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-028807
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNASA Earth Observatory Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028807",
  "term": "Tropopause",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The tropopause marks the limit of the troposphere and the beginning of the stratosphere. The temperature above the tropopause increases slowly with height up to about 50 km.",
  "references": [
    "NASA Earth Observatory Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/tropopause/"
}

Record 28,807 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.