Layers of Atmosphere

Troposphere:
The major constituents of troposphere are nitrogen and oxygen gases. These two
gases comprise 99% by volume of the Earths atmosphere.
Although concentration of carbon dioxide and water vapours is negligible in
atmosphere. Both of these gases allow visible light to pass through but absorb
infared radiations emitted by the Earths surface. Therefore, these gases absorb
much of the outgoing radiations and warm the atmosphere. As the concentration of
gases decreases gradually with the increase of altitude, correspondingly
temperature also decreases at a rate of 6C per kilometer. This is the region where
all weathers occur. Almost all aircraft fly in this region.
Stratosphere:
This region is next to troposphere and extends up to 50 kilometers. In this region,
temperature rises gradually up to 2C. The presence of ozone in this region is
responsible for the rise of temperature in stratosphere. Within this region,
temperature increases as altitude increases, such as lower layer temperature is
about -58C and upper layer is about 2C. Since ozone in the upper layer absorbs high
energy ultraviolet radiations from the sun, it breaks down into monoatomic and
diatomic oxygen.
O3(g) O2(g) + O(g)