Air temperature decreases with increasing height in the troposphere.

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In troposphere, with increasing height, the density of air decreases and the temperature starts falling. This decrease in temperature is because of the phenomenon called normal lapse rate of temperature, that is, for every 165 metres, there occurs a fall in temperature of 1 ^oC.

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1. Temperature increase with increase in height in the troposphere.

2. Exosphere is divided into D.E.F.G Layers.

3. Temperature decreases with increasing height in mesosphere.

4. Over the equator, the temperature at tropopause is lowest while temperature over poles at tropopause is higher than that of over equator.

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