How to Use troposphere in a Sentence

troposphere

noun
Definition of tropospherenext
  • In this pattern, cold air high in the troposphere, on the west side of the trough, converges and sinks.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Instead, these flashes stayed in the clouds of the first layer, the troposphere.
    — Popular Science, 26 Jan. 2021
  • As a consequence, smoke in the stratosphere can last for months to years while that in the troposphere rains out in a week.
    — Jon Reisner, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
  • These wispy clouds are made up of ice crystals that form in the upper troposphere.
    — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 23 May 2017
  • Some species were found year round, and some of these core group were found in the upper troposphere above the Caribbean Sea as well.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2018
  • This layer of air, the lowest region of the troposphere, is filled with swirling pockets of warm air.
    — Popular Mechanics, 30 July 2020
  • World View plans to use a balloon to take tourists to what part of Earth's atmosphere: the stratosphere, the mesosphere, or the troposphere?
    — CNN, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The short answer is the location of the jet stream or storm track — a belt of strong winds high in the troposphere where airliners fly.
    — oregonlive, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Take a one-meter-by-one-meter square air column, from the ground to the top of the troposphere, and condense all the water vapor.
    — Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 28 May 2018
  • The troposphere is made up of four great rings of circulating air.
    — Carl Zimmer, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2020
  • As the fires rapidly grew, smoke billowed into the middle and upper layers of the troposphere, three to five miles above the ground.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The layer closest to Earth, the troposphere, is where weather occurs.
    — Laura Parker, The Atlantic, 16 May 2017
  • This results in much more active weather in the troposphere and more sluggish weather in the stratosphere.
    — Jon Reisner, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Smoke from raging fires could reach the troposphere and, over weeks, forms a blanket that blocks sunlight and drops the temperature.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2018
  • One record covers the lower troposphere—the first 10 kilometers above the Earth’s surface.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 19 July 2018
  • Reader Vivian Mendenhall pointed out that the tropopause is between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 19 May 2018
  • Plumes happily rise into the troposphere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere and the bit that contains most of the world’s weather.
    — Robin Andrews, Wired, 20 Jan. 2022
  • At about the 1 o'clock position around the eye, some portions of the clouds have shot up all the way through the troposphere, the layer of the atmosphere where most weather happens, and into the stratosphere.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2014
  • Then, Robinhood investors had bid the hapless retailer up to the troposphere, partly to stick it to the hedgies who had shorted it.
    — Larry Light, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The warming, Francis and Vavrus proposed, would inflate the height of the polar troposphere—the lowest layer of the atmosphere and home to its weather.
    — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 12 May 2021
  • Down in the troposphere, CO2 is an important greenhouse gas.
    — Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2012
  • The troposphere is growing while the stratosphere is shrinking, Phys.org explained.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 9 June 2023
  • Heat and humidity are high enough to allow the clouds to form and the tropopause—the boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere—is about 10 miles up, giving large storms plenty of room to form.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 14 Aug. 2019
  • When asked to describe the Texas freshman, new teammates tend to tilt their head skyward and envision where in the troposphere Williams finally stops.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 18 July 2022
  • Mount Washington—and the rest of the Earth’s surface—typically exists in the troposphere, or the lowest layer of the atmosphere.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Bigger events, like this one, translate downward to the troposphere, where weather happens.
    — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Stratospheric eruptions can also have a greater impact on climate than those that stay lower down in the troposphere.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 27 June 2019
  • There are so many mysteries in the Earth’s atmosphere between the troposphere and the ionosphere, which beg for inquisitive minds.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2012
  • One happens in the troposphere, the lowest layer of the earth’s atmosphere, while another happens higher up in the stratosphere.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 16 Jan. 2019
  • Most planes are flying above the troposphere, where weather events usually happen, according to Traveller.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2023

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