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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the stratosphere and its role in our understanding of the climate system. The key dynamic, radiative, and chemical processes that determine the distribution of chemical compounds including ozone in the stratosphere are discussed. The chapters contributed by outstanding experts focus not only on fundamental aspects related to these issues, but also present a number of applications including instrumentation, laboratory studies, and atmospheric observations.

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Author:   Guy P. Brasseur
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
Volume:   54
Weight:   0.662kg
ISBN:  

9783642083341

ISBN 10:   364208334
Pages:   371
Publication Date:   01 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

I: Dynamics.- Atmospheric Dynamics: Fundamentals.- Zonally Averaged Flow.- Influence of the “Tropical Pump” on Trace Constituents and Temperature.- Wave-Mean-Flow Interactions.- Observations of Dynamical Processes.- Influences of the Solar Cycle on Climate Through Stratospheric Processes.- II: Radiation.- Radiative Transfer in Troposphere-Stratosphere Global Climate Models.- Satellite Remote Sensing: The Retrieval Problem.- UV-B Radiation and Its Effects on the Biosphere.- Radiative Forcing.- III: Chemistry.- Chemistry of the Atmosphere.- Chemical Families.- Mid-Latitude Ozone Depletion.- Polar Ozone.- Observations of Chemical Composition.- Laboratory Kinetics.- Formulation of a Chemical Transport Model.- Remote Sensing of Stratospheric Aerosols, Clouds and Gases.- The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS).- Acknowledgements.

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