badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agoIf hot air rises, why is it colder at the top of a mountain?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down18
arrow-up1167arrow-down1message-squareIf hot air rises, why is it colder at the top of a mountain?badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squarelurker2718@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 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.
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoWild! How come the Mesosphere gets colder as altitude increases again like the troposphere but unlike the stratosphere?!
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.
Wild! How come the Mesosphere gets colder as altitude increases again like the troposphere but unlike the stratosphere?!