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The stratosphere : dynamics, transport, and chemistry / L.M. Polvani, A.H. Sobel, D.W. Waugh, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Geophysical monograph ; 190.
- Geophysical monograph series ; 190
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dynamic meteorology.
- Stratosphere.
- Whirlwinds.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (211 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : American Geophysical Union, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781118666630
- 1118666631
- 9781118671597
- 1118671597
- 9781118672303
- 1118672305
- OCLC:
- 843640319
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