The stratosphere is the second layer of a planet's atmosphere, just above the troposphere. Traveling through the stratosphere in a starship was often times turbulent. (VOY: "Friendship One")
Baristatic filters, such as those used on the planet Tagra IV, cleaned a planet's air by shooting negative ions into the stratosphere. (TNG: "True Q")
In 2370, when Boraal II was undergoing atmospheric dissipation due to intense plasmonic reactions, the planet's stratosphere was in the process of breaking down when the USS Enterprise-D arrived in response to a distress call. (TNG: "Homeward")
One of the desert regions of a Nezu colony was noted to have substantial cratering, atmospheric shock waves, and large concentrations of dust and other stratospheric contaminants. (VOY: "Rise")
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| Structure and layers of an atmosphere |
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| Planetary: troposphere • stratosphere • thermosphere • exosphere ozone layer • ionosphere (D region • E region) • magnetosphere • mesosphere |
| Solar: photosphere • chromosphere • corona |