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stratosphere

the region of the Earth's atmosphere between 10 and 50km in altitude.
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As part of collaborative activities with the PPUTRC (Pan-Pacific UAS Test Range Complex), which is run by public university research institutions, HAPSMobile has been working with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, which manages the PPUTRC, and the University of Hawaii to conduct stratospheric test flights using HAWK30.
World View's Stratollite is designed to be a long-endurance stratospheric flight vehicle capable of loitering over areas of interest for remote sensing and communications.
The International Legal Regime for the Protection of the Stratospheric Ozone Layer, 2nd Revised Edition
Now, as we enter January, more freezing temperatures could be on their way because of a temperature increase in the Arctic and the return of what meteorologists call Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW).
"At ground level we know that sudden stratospheric warmings tend to weaken the UK's prevailing mild westerly winds, increasing the chances of us seeing colder weather a couple of weeks after a sudden stratospheric warming.
The largest difference in stratospheric temperature between the two periods is in the Antarctic lower stratosphere.
Although warmer-than-average stratospheric weather conditions have reduced ozone depletion during the past two years, the current ozone hole area is still large because levels of ozone-depleting substances like chlorine and bromine remain high enough to produce significant ozone loss.
"Whilst the occurrence of sudden stratospheric warming increases the chance of cold weather, it's by no means a guarantee.
Describing sudden stratospheric warming, he said it was caused by a huge rise in air temperature in an area around 18 miles (30 km) above the North Pole.
Hermes ATMOSAT Stratospheric Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) technology is based on a prorietary multidisciplinary approach to problem solving developed by Alliance Lp Drones management and its team of experienced scientists and aerospace engineers.
MASSIMILIANO Allegri admits it can sometimes seem virtually impossible to combat Barcelona and their "stratospheric" all-star forward line, but the Juventus boss insists the Champions League final is no foregone conclusion.
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