Upper Atmosphere

Basics

Unit 1
Understanding and observation of the mid atmosphere

The region of the atmosphere above the tropopause is called the stratosphere. In this unit, we look at how the stratosphere differs from the troposphere. We also investigate why there are other distinct layers in the atmosphere and how these layers are defined.

We look at how the physical and meteorological parameters of the atmosphere change with altitude and investigate how the chemical composition changes with height.  We also look at how modern measuring techniques, using satellites and lasers, have been used to provide us with this infomation.