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Author:   J.R. Holton ,  T. Matsuno
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1984 ed.
Volume:   18
Weight:   1.060kg
ISBN:  

9789027717580

ISBN 10:   9027717583
Pages:   550
Publication Date:   30 April 1984
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Gravity Waves.- Gravity waves in the mesosphere.- Gravity wave attenuation and the evolution of the mean state following wave breakdown.- Nonzonal gravity wave breaking in the winter mesosphere.- Climatology of gravity waves in the middle atmosphere.- VHF echoes from the arctic mesosphere and lower thermosphere, Part I: Observations.- VHF echoes from the arctic mesosphere and lower thermosphere, Part II: Interpretations.- Multiple “gust-layers” observed in the middle stratosphere.- Internal gravity wave enhancement by the chemical heat release due to oxygen recombination.- Tides and Free Oscillations.- An overview on tidal observation.- Linearized steady calculations of semidiurnal tides in the middle atmosphere.- Zonal mean winds induced by solar diurnal tides in the lower thermosphere for solstice condition.- Normal mode Rossby waves observed in the upper stratosphere.- Large-Scale Waves and Wave, Mean-Flow Interaction.- The quasi-biennial oscillation.- A 2-dimensional numerical model of the semi-annual zonal wind oscillation.- A numerical simulation of the zonal mean circulation of the middle atmosphere including effects of solar diurnal tidal waves and internal gravity waves: Solstice condition.- An overview of wave-mean flow interactions during the winter of 1978–79 derived from LIMS observation.- Four observed sudden warmings diagnosed by the Eliassen-Palm flux and refractive index.- Dynamics of minor stratospheric warmings and “preconditioning”.- Radiation.- Infrared radiative exchange in the middle atmosphere in the 15 micron band of carbon dioxide.- Transport of Tracers.- Troposphere-stratosphere exchange of trace constituents: The water vapor puzzle.- Transport of trace constituents in the stratosphere.- Modeling of tracer transport in the middleatmosphere.- The global structure of the total ozone fluctuations observed on the time scale of two to several years.- Modeling.- Modeling the middle atmosphere circulation.- Dynamics of the middle atmosphere: Successes and problems of the GFDL “SKYHI” general circulation model.- On the January simulation of stratospheric circulations with the MRI general circulation model: preliminary results.- Author Index.

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