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The Stratosphere
Dynamics, Transport, and Chemistry
L. M. Polvani (Edited by), LM Polvani (Author), A. H. Sobel (Edited by), D. W. Waugh (Edited by)
9780875904795, Wiley
Hardback, published 1 January 2010
196 pages
27.2 x 22.1 x 1.8 cm, 1.066 kg
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 190. This volume will be of interest to graduate students and scientists who wish to learn more about the stratosphere. It will also be useful to atmospheric science departments as a textbook for classes on the stratosphere.
The Stratosphere: Dynamics, Transport, and Chemistry is the first volume in 20 years that offers a comprehensive review of the Earth's stratosphere, increasingly recognized as an important component of the climate system. The volume addresses key advances in our understanding of the stratospheric circulation and transport and summarizes the last two decades of research to provide a concise yet comprehensive overview of the state of the field.
This monograph reviews many important aspects of the dynamics, transport, and chemistry of the stratosphere by some of the world's leading experts, including up-to-date discussions of
Foreword: R. Alan Plumb—A Brief Biographical Sketch and Personal Tribute Preface Introduction Middle Atmosphere Research Before Alan Plumb Planetary Waves and the Extratropical Winter Stratosphere Stratospheric Polar Vortices Annular Modes of the Troposphere and Stratosphere Stratospheric Equatorial Dynamics Gravity Waves in the Stratosphere Variability and Trends in Stratospheric Temperature and Water Vapor Trace Gas Transport in the Stratosphere: Diagnostic Tools and Techniques Chemistry and Dynamics of the Antarctic Ozone Hole Solar Variability and the Stratosphere AGU Category Index 189 Index 191
Adam H. Sobel vii
Lorenzo M. Polvani, Adam H. Sobel, and Darryn W. Waugh xiii
Darryn W. Waugh and Lorenzo M. Polvani 1
Marvin A. Geller 5
R. Alan Plumb 23
Darryn W. Waugh and Lorenzo M. Polvani 43
Paul J. Kushner 59
Lesley J. Gray 93
M. Joan Alexander 109
William J. Randel 123
Mark R. Schoeberl and Anne R. Douglass 137
Paul A. Newman 157
Joanna D. Haigh 173
Subject Areas: Earth sciences [RB]
