Stratopause
The
stratopause is the level of the
atmosphere which is the boundary between the
stratosphere and the
mesosphere. In the stratosphere the
temperature increases with
altitude, and the
stratopause is the section where a maximum in the temperature occurs.
This not only occurs on Earth, but on other planets with an atmosphere as well.
On Earth, the stratopause is generally considered to be located at an altitude of 50 km. The atmospheric pressure is around 1/1000th of the pressure at sea level.