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Observed monthly and zonally averaged temperature (K) and zonal wind (m s
−
1
) for July.
(Based on Fleming et al., 1990.)
Fig. 12.3
Above the stratopause, temperature decreases with height due to the reduced solar
heating of ozone.
The meridional temperature structure in the middle atmosphere is also quite
different from that in the troposphere. In the lower stratosphere, where the temper-
ature is strongly influenced by upper tropospheric processes, there is a temperature
minimum at the equator and maxima at the summer pole and in midlatitudes of
