Short-wave (solar) heating of the Earth's atmosphere varies with altitude: ozone absorption of UV radiation produces a heating peak near the stratopause (~50 km), while other absorbers (CO2, water vapour) contribute at different, generally lower, altitudes.
The peak short-wave heating rate of the atmosphere occurs near the stratopause, around 50 km altitude, driven by ozone absorption of solar UV radiation, with...
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