Mésopause
Sign in to saveThe mesopause is the point of minimum temperature at the boundary between the mesosphere and the thermosphere atmospheric regions. Due to the lack of solar heating and very strong radiative cooling from carbon dioxide, the mesosphere is the coldest region on Earth with temperatures as low as -100 °C (-148 °F or 173 K). The altitude of the mesopause for many years was assumed to be at around 85 km (53 mi), but observations to higher altitudes and modeling studies in the last 10 years have shown that in fact there are two mesopauses - one at about 85 km and a stronger on
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- Part of
- homosphere
- Followed by
- thermopause
- Follows
- stratopause
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- different from
- menopause
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La mésopause est une zone de l'atmosphère terrestre qui fait la transition entre la mésosphère (au-dessous) et la thermosphère (au-dessus). Elle se situe à une altitude d'environ 80 km. C'est dans la mésopause que l'on mesure les températures les plus basses de l'atmosphère, le minimum absolu mesuré étant de −80 °C. Au-dessus de la mésopause la température augmente avec l'altitude. * Portail de la météorologie
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