Abstract
The stratosphere is the layer of Earth's atmosphere immediately above the troposphere; it extends from a lower boundary (the tropopause) whose altitude varies between about 8 and 16km to an upper boundary (the stratopause) near 50km. The stratosphere is characterized by increasing temperature with altitude, which is due primarily to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone. The meteorology of the stratosphere is governed mainly by the seasonal variation of heating due to absorption of solar radiation, and by the upward propagation of internal atmospheric waves originating in the troposphere. Transient processes such as sudden stratospheric warmings, and atmospheric waves can impact the middle and upper atmosphere and thus are a central subject of whole atmosphere coupling.
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