Question

What causes the temperature to increase with height through the stratosphere

Answer 1

Answer: The temperature increases on the stratosphere with the altitude, given that absorption of the ultraviolet rays by the ozone.

Explanation: On the stratosphere, the water vapor and the umidity are almost nonexistents and, in view of the absorption of ultraviolet rays by the ozon, the temperature increases, reaching 35,6º Fahrenheit.  

The ozone is a unusual type of oxygen molecule. In the stratosphere, the ozone appears on a large scale and warms it up by the absorption of the ultraviolet rays energy.