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Observed monthly and zonally averaged temperature (K) and zonal wind (ms
−
1
) for
January. (Based on Fleming et al., 1990.)
Fig. 12.2
In the stratosphere, however, infrared radiative cooling is in the mean balanced
primarily by radiative heating due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by
ozone. As a result of the solar heating in the ozone layer, the mean temperature in
the stratosphere increases with height to a maximum at the stratopause near 50 km.
