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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457211403321

Titolo

Stratospheric circulation [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Willis L. Webb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Academic Press, 1969

ISBN

1-60086-496-1

1-60086-277-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (616 p.)

Collana

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; ; v. 22

Altri autori (Persone)

WebbWillis L

Disciplina

551.5/17

Soggetti

Stratospheric circulation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A collection of technical papers drawn mainly from the proceedings of the first two COSPAR seminars on the stratospheric circulation which were held in London in 1967 and in Tokyo in 1968, subsequently revised for this volume."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""COVER ""; ""TITLE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""PREFACE""; ""ENDORSEMENT OF MRN PROGRAM BY COSPAR""; ""CONTENTS""; ""1. THE STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATION""; ""1.1 Exploration of the Stratospheric Circulation""; ""2. METEOROLOGICAL ROCKET SYSTEMS""; ""2.1 The Skua Meteorological Rocket System""; ""2.2 Polish Meteorological Rocket System ""Meteor-1""""; ""2.3 The PWN-8B Meteorological Rocket System""; ""2.4 The ARCAS Meteorological Rocket System""; ""2.5 The KOOKABURRA Meteorological Rocket System""; ""3. STRATOSPHERIC METEOROLOGICAL SENSORS""; ""3.1 Radar Chaff as a Wind Sensor""

""3.2 Application of Decelerators to Atmospheric Probes""""3.3 The ROBIN Falling Sphere""; ""3.4 Thermistor Measurement of Temperature in the 30-65 km Atmospheric Region""; ""3.5 Physics of Measurement of the Wire Temperature Sensing System for Rocket Systems""; ""3.6 Chemiluminescent Ozone Measurements""; ""3.7 MT-135 Wire Sensing Element""; ""4. UPPER ATMOSPHERIC CLOUDS""; ""4.1 The Physics of Nacreous and Noctttucent Clouds""; ""4.2 Rocket Sampling of Noctilucent Clouds""; ""4.3 Noctilucent Clouds in North America""; ""5. PHOTOCHEMISTRY""; ""5.1 Photochemistry of Ozone""

""5.2 The Effect of Vertical Eddy Transport on the Composition of the



Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere""""6. DYNAMICS OF THE STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATION""; ""6.1 Properties of the Atmosphere up to 80 km""; ""6.2 Stratosphere-Ionosphere Coupling""; ""6.3 Vertical Structure of Transient Planetary Waves in the Stratosphere""; ""6.4 The Lower Ionosphere in Winter""; ""6.5 Salient Features of the Stratospheric and Mesospheric Circulation during Winter at Sonmiani""; ""6.6 Small Scale Variations in Stratospheric and Mesospheric Winds""; ""6.7 Atmospheric Internal Gravity Waves and Tides""

""6.8 Synoptic Events of the Upper Stratopsheric Warming of December 1967 � January 1968""""6.9 Meteorological Rockets in Spain""; ""7. CLIMATOLOGY""; ""7.1 A Climatology of the Upper Atmosphere""; ""8. NEW MEASURING SYSTEMS""; ""8.1 The Use of Guns for Atmospheric Sounding""; ""8.2 Meteor Trail Radars""; ""CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 22""