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The Stratosphere : Phenomena, History, and Relevance /

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This book describes the discovery of the stratosphere itself and of various unexpected phenomena in the stratosphere: e.g., a manned balloon flight in 1901 as high as 11 km; an expedition to Lake Victoria in Africa in 1908 which found inexplicable west winds in the stratosphere above the equator; an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Labitzke, K.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Loon, Harry
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint : Springer, 1999.
Subjects:
Geography.
Physical geography.
Meteorology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Berlin and the Stratosphere
  • A Brief Description of the Stratospheric Climate
  • Warm and Cold Winters in the Stratosphere
  • The Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO)
  • The Ozone Layer
  • The 11-Year Sunspot Cycle and the Stratosphere
  • Final Remarks
  • Table of Boxes
  • Glossary
  • Index.