The phrase "temperature profile" refers to the way temperatures change or vary across a specific area or object. It provides a detailed description of how hot or cold it is at different locations or depths within that area or object. Full definition
The solar heating affects the equilibrium temperature profile of the stratosphere. (realclimate.org)
The forcing and feedback (including the vertical temperature profile feedback) will be different in complimentary ways to result in the same magnitude of shift in equilibrium climate. (realclimate.org)
The data set includes nine million measured temperature profiles from all of the world's oceans. (realclimate.org)