The middle atmosphere encompasses the stratosphere and the mesosphere. Its geometric midpoint at ∼50 km corresponds roughly to the stratopause, the top of the stratosphere and the level of strongest heating (per unit mass) due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone molecules.
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