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LIKE Dr. Chree (NATURE, June 3), I do not think the term “stratosphere” a suitable one, and isothermal layer is obviously open to criticism. We should all be indebted to Dr. Chree if he would suggest a better and more accurate term. Isothermal column appears to me sufficiently accurate to describe the phenomena over a single station, but cannot be applied to the whole upper part of the atmosphere. Some single word implying the absence of vertical circulation is required.
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DINES, W. The Temperature of the Upper Atmosphere. Nature 80, 455–456 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/080455d0
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