Stratosphere Stratosphere The stratosphere () is the second major layer of Earth's atmosphere, just above the troposphere, and below the mesosphere. The stratosphere is stratified in temperature, with warmer layers higher and cooler layers closer to the Earth; this increase of temperature with altitude is a result of the absorption of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation by the ozone layer. This is in contrast to the troposphere, near the Earth's surface, where temperature decreases with altitude. The border between the troposphere and stratosphere, the tropopause, marks where this temperature inversion begins. Near the equator, the stratosphere starts at as high as ,
S-Nitrosothiol exist for their synthesis. They can be synthesized from thiols using NaNO/H+, NO, NO, HNO, NOCl, RONO, NO, HNO, bovine aortic endothelial cells, among others. NaNO/H+ and "tert"-butyl nitrite (tBuONO) are commonly used. Once formed, these deeply colored compounds are often thermally unstable with respect to formation of the disulfide and nitric oxide: "S"-Nitrosothiols release NO upon treatment with acids: and they can transfer nitroso groups to other thiols: "S"-Nitrosothiols can be detected with UV-vis spectroscopy. S-Nitrosothiol "S"-Nitrosothiols, also known as thionitrites, are organic compounds or functional groups containing a nitroso group attached to the sulfur atom of a thiol.