Understand why temperature is constant

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the temperature behavior in the Stratopause, Mesopause, and Thermopause regions of the atmosphere, specifically questioning why temperature is considered constant in these layers. The scope includes conceptual understanding and technical explanation of atmospheric science.

Discussion Character

  • Debate/contested, Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • One participant asks for reasons behind the constant temperature in the Stratopause, Mesopause, and Thermopause regions.
  • Another participant asserts that the temperature is not constant in these regions.
  • A third participant provides a link to temperature variations with altitude, suggesting that there are documented changes.
  • A later reply cautions that the temperature profile in the provided link is idealized and may not accurately represent the real atmosphere, indicating that it could be influenced by long-term data averaging or specific statistical methods.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not appear to agree on the constancy of temperature in the specified atmospheric layers, with multiple competing views presented regarding the accuracy of temperature profiles.

Contextual Notes

The discussion highlights limitations in the representation of atmospheric temperature profiles, including potential dependencies on data collection methods and the averaging of long-term data.

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Does anybody knows the reasons why in Stratopause, Mesopause, Thermopause regions of the atmosphere the temperature is constant? Thanks in advance.
 
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It is not.
 
Here are the temperature variations with altitude: http://vortex.plymouth.edu/atmosphere/layers.html
 
Beware that the temperature profile shown in that link is idealized one. It is not at any time, and space representative of real atmosphere. This may result only if years and years of data are averaged taken be the same instrument, or certain statistical methods applied. (just for clarity)
 

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