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The stratosphere : dynamics, transport, and chemistry /

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"Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series. This book tells of: Dynamics of stratospheric polar vortices ; Chemistry and dynamics of the ozone hole ; Role of solar variability in the stratosphere ; Effect of gravity waves in the stratosphere ; Impor...

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Other Authors: Polvani, L. M. (Lorenzo M.), 1961-, Sobel, Adam H., 1967-, Waugh, D. W. (Darryn W.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Washington, DC : American Geophysical Union, ©2010.
Series:Geophysical monograph ; 190.
Subjects:
Stratosphere.
Whirlwinds.
Dynamic meteorology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword: R. Alan Plumb
  • a brief biographical sketch and personal tribute / Adam H. Sobel
  • Preface / Lorenzo M. Polvani, Adam H. Sobel, and Darryn W. Waugh
  • Introduction / Darryn W. Waugh and Lorenzo M. Polvani
  • Middle atmosphere research before Alan Plumb / Marvin A. Geller
  • Planetary waves and the extratropical winter stratosphere / R. Alan Plumb
  • Stratospheric polar vortices / Darryn W. Waugh and Lorenzo M. Polvani
  • Annular modes of the troposphere and stratosphere / Paul J. Kushner
  • Stratospheric equatorial dynamics / Lesley J. Gray
  • Gravity waves in the stratosphere / M. Joan Alexander
  • Variability and trends in stratospheric temperature and water vapor / William J. Randel
  • Trace gas transport in the stratosphere : diagnostic tools and techniques / Mark R. Schoeberl and Anne R. Douglass
  • Chemistry and dynamics of the Antarctic ozone hole / Paul A. Newman
  • Solar variability and the stratosphere / Joanna D. Haigh.