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Record Nr.

UNISA996213956803316

Titolo

The stratosphere [[electronic resource] ] : dynamics, transport, and chemistry / / L.M. Polvani, A.H. Sobel, D.W. Waugh, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : American Geophysical Union, c2010

ISBN

1-118-66663-1

1-118-67159-7

1-118-67230-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Collana

Geophysical monograph series ; ; 190

Altri autori (Persone)

PolvaniL. M <1961-> (Lorenzo M.)

SobelAdam H. <1967->

WaughD. W (Darryn W.)

Disciplina

551.51/42

Soggetti

Dynamic meteorology

Stratosphere

Whirlwinds

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; 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 StratosphereAGU Category Index; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 190.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 i