Temperatures within the stratosphere
A) decrease with altitude due to radiation losses.
B) increase with altitude because of the absorption of ultraviolet radiation.
C) decrease with altitude according to the normal lapse rate.
D) increase with altitude due to the closer proximity to the Sun.
E) remain about the same from the tropopause to the stratopause.
B
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