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Layers of the Atmosphere |
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Air pressure drops in half roughly every 18,000'
Troposphere ends at 40,000', along with most weather
Stratosphere is from 40,000' to 160,000'
Mesosphere is 160,000' to 260,000'
Trivia: at 100K, air is 1% of sea level pressure, similar to the surface of Mars
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Amateur Radio Tracking of High-altitude Balloons Presented by Ian Kluft KO6YQ and Owen DeLong KB6MER August 21, 2002 in Santa Clara, California at WVARA |
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