Questions: The tropopause is a defined boundary that separates the troposphere (below) from the stratosphere (above). At the tropopause, the temperature trend changes from decreasing significantly as altitude increases to nearly constant (isothermal) or begins to increase with altitude (called a temperature inversion) in the lower stratosphere. Based on the temperature pattern you plotted, the tropopause in the Salt Lake City example sounding was located at a pressure level above mb . a. 700 b. 500 c. 300 d. 200 The tropopause over Salt Lake City occurred at an altitude nearest km above sea level, according to the altitude scale on the Stüve diagram. This can be confirmed from the observed altitude reported in Table 2B-1. a. 6 b. 9 c. 12 d. 16 This Salt Lake City tropopause was altitude compared to the altitude of the tropopause in the Standard Atmosphere. The Standard Atmosphere tropopause occurs at 11 km . a. at a lower b. about the same c. at a higher Since the weight of the overlying air determines air pressure, this means about half of the weight of air over Salt Lake City's atmosphere was above 500 mb and half below. In Table 2B-2, the pressure of 500 mb occurred at an altitude of m. a. 2943 b. 5390

Transcript text: The tropopause is a defined boundary that separates the troposphere (below) from the stratosphere (above). At the tropopause, the temperature trend changes from decreasing significantly as altitude increases to nearly constant (isothermal) or begins to increase with altitude (called a temperature inversion) in the lower stratosphere. Based on the temperature pattern you plotted, the tropopause in the Salt Lake City example sounding was located at a pressure level above $\qquad$ mb . a. 700 b. 500 c. 300 d. 200 The tropopause over Salt Lake City occurred at an altitude nearest $\qquad$ km above sea level, according to the altitude scale on the Stüve diagram. This can be confirmed from the observed altitude reported in Table 2B-1. a. 6 b. 9 c. 12 d. 16 This Sale Iake City tropopause was $\qquad$ altitude compared to the altitude of the tropopause in the Standard Atmosphere. The Standard Atmosphere tropopause occurs at 11 km . a. at a lower b. about the samc c. at a higher Since the weight of the overlying air determines air pressure, this means about half of the weight of air over Salt Lake City's atmosphere was above 500 mb and half below. In Table 2B-2, the pressure of 500 mb occurred at an altitude of $\qquad$ m. a. 2943 b. 5390