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Which term describes the region where those surfaces cross the tropopause?

  • A.The extratropical transition layer
  • B.The tropical tropopause layer, which is the region within which air enters the stratosphere in the tropics
  • C.The surf zone
  • D.The entrainment zone, across which free tropospheric air is mixed downward into the boundary layer beneath

Answer: A

The extratropical transition layer or middleworld is the region between the tropical and polar tropopause levels where isentropic surfaces span both reservoirs. Hoskins named the three regions the underworld, middleworld and overworld according to whether the surfaces intersect the ground, the tropopause or neither. The tropical tropopause layer is the corresponding region in the tropics with a quite different dynamics.

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