The Temperature Distrubution of the Troposphere

Meridonial cross sections of longitudinally averaged temperature in degrees Celsius (solid thin line) and zonal wind in meters per second (dashed line) for the northern hemisphere in January (a) and July (b). Positive zonal winds indicate flow from west to east. Heavy lines denote the tropopause and the Arctic inversion. (After Arctic Forecast Guide, U.S. Navy Weather Research Facility, 1962.)