During the winter, polar vortices may form clouds with a characteristic mother-of-pearl color in this region, known as nacreous clouds. Krakatoa easterlies, now known as the quasi-biennial oscillation, are found in this layer
During the winter, polar vortices may form clouds with a characteristic mother-of-pearl color in this region, known as nacreous clouds. Krakatoa easterlies, now known as the quasi-biennial oscillation, are found in this layer of the atmosphere. However, traditional clouds are typically found in the layer immediately below this one. This layer experiences no regular convection because of thermal inversion, in which temperature increases with altitude as one moves away from the tropopause. For 10 points, name this layer of Earth's atmosphere, found between the troposphere and mesosphere, the site of jet planes and the ozone layer.
During the winter, polar vortices may form clouds with a characteristic mother-of-pearl color in this region, known as nacreous clouds.
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