troposphere

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So just by the fact that we have warmer surface temperatures in the troposphere— which is the lower part of the atmosphere — is just guaranteeing that we'll have more water available to atmospheric rivers.

From Salon

The short answer is the location of the jet stream or storm track — a belt of strong winds high in the troposphere where airliners fly.

From Los Angeles Times

In big wildfires, nitrogen oxide released from plants by flames is entrained in smoke and wafted into the upper troposphere by the fire’s heat.

From Scientific American

When Earth’s surface warms, it puts more water vapor and heat into the upper troposphere.

From Science Magazine

The team suspects that the increased warming will last for a few years, until circulation patterns in the stratosphere flush the water vapor to the troposphere, the layer where Earth’s weather occurs.

From Washington Post