Stratospheric ozone (Q1059)

Subject, term, tag: Stratospheric ozone

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Stratospheric ozone	Subject, term, tag: Stratospheric ozone

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source version

IPCC Glossary v1.5

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Source

https://apps.ipcc.ch/glossary/

date accessed

27 May 2026

Part of

Working Group I: Climate Change 2021 – The Physical Science Basis

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Definition

Stratospheric ozone describes the 3) ozone (O that resides in the stratosphere, the region of the atmosphere which exists between 10 and 50 kilometres above the surface of the earth. Ninety percent of total-column ozone resides in the stratosphere. (English)