badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agoIf hot air rises, why is it colder at the top of a mountain?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareIf hot air rises, why is it colder at the top of a mountain?badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThat very well may be in the troposphere but why does the stratosphere do the opposite?
minus-squarelurker2718@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThe stratosphere is heated not by the ground but directly from solar radiation leading to higher power input at the upper layers. So the top is hotter and now convection never starts and you get no cooling of the air when rising.
That very well may be in the troposphere but why does the stratosphere do the opposite?
The stratosphere is heated not by the ground but directly from solar radiation leading to higher power input at the upper layers. So the top is hotter and now convection never starts and you get no cooling of the air when rising.