Temperature Profile in the Atmosphere Thermosphere 100 Mesopause 80 Mesosphere 60 Stratopause-------- Stratosphere 40 Stratosphere T increases with increasing altitude; Due to absorption of sunlight by ozone From 15-60 km 20 Tropopause Troposphere Troposphere T decreases with increasing altitude; 150 200 250 300 Adiabatic cooling as density gets lower T(K) Minimum defines tropopause VII-6Temperature Profile in the Atmosphere Troposphere T decreases with increasing altitude; Adiabatic cooling as density gets lower Minimum defines tropopause Stratosphere T increases with increasing altitude; Due to absorption of sunlight by ozone From 15-60 km VII-6