lower atmosphere

From Glossary of Meteorology
Generally and quite loosely, that part of the atmosphere in which most weather phenomena occur (i.e., the troposphere and lower stratosphere); hence used in contrast to the common meaning for the upper atmosphere.

In other contexts, the term implies the lower troposphere.

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