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Old 20th November 2003 | 19:20
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Noise Unit
 
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I too have seen some places defining the start of the stratosphere as 20km (66kft), but my understanding of the ISA is that the stratosphere starts at the tropopause (11km or 36089ft), and this gets lower and high latitudes.

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http://www.ae.su.oz.au/aero/atmos/atmos.html
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