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Old 07-04-2009, 10:50 AM
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Winged Wheeler
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Default Tropopause Question

I am familiar with the properties of the troposphere, tropopause, stratosphere, etc--at least insofar as standard meteorology for pilots will take you. I wonder if anyone can tell me more about the mechanism for the tropopause: Why is it where it is? Why isn't it higher/lower? Why are there different tropopauses for the lower and higher latitudes?

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