| Abstract from DBPedia | The stratosphere (/ˈstrætəˌsfɪər, -toʊ-/) is the second layer of the atmosphere of the Earth, located above the troposphere and below the mesosphere. The stratosphere is an atmospheric layer composed of stratified temperature layers, with the warm layers of air high in the sky and the cool layers of air in the low sky, close to the planetary surface of the Earth. The increase of temperature with altitude is a result of the absorption of the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation by the ozone layer. The temperature inversion is in contrast to the troposphere, near the Earth's surface, where temperature decreases with altitude. Between the troposphere and stratosphere is the tropopause border that demarcates the beginning of the temperature inversion. Near the equator, the lower edge of the stratosphere is as high as 20 km (66,000 ft; 12 mi), at midlatitudes around 10 km (33,000 ft; 6.2 mi), and at the poles about 7 km (23,000 ft; 4.3 mi). Temperatures range from an average of −51 °C (−60 °F; 220 K) near the tropopause to an average of −15 °C (5.0 °F; 260 K) 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 60 m/s (220 km/h; 130 mph) in the Southern polar vortex.成層圏（せいそうけん、stratosphere)とは、地球の大気の鉛直構造において対流圏と中間圏の間に位置する層である。対流圏と成層圏との境目は対流圏界面（高度は極地で約8km、緯度が低くなるに従って高くなり赤道付近で約17km）、成層圏と中間圏との境目は成層圏界面（高度約50km）と呼ばれる。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Stratosphere) |
