The Role of the Stratosphere in Global Change

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVIII

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2. Basic Processes in the Stratosphere

   1. The Stratosphere: An Introduction

      • G. P. Brasseur, A. K. Smith, C. F. Granier

      Pages 1-27

   2. Tropospheric Forcing of the Middle Atmosphere

      • Marvin A. Geller

      Pages 29-45

   3. Processes Associated with Stratospheric Ozone Decrease: Homogeneous Chemistry

      • Eldon E. Ferguson

      Pages 47-64

   4. Heterogeneous Chemistry of Polar Stratospheric Clouds and Volcanic Aerosols

      • R. P. Turco, K. Drdla, A. Tabazadeh, P. Hamill

      Pages 65-134

   5. Mixing Processes in the Extra Tropical Stratosphere

      • Mark R. Schoeberl, Julio T. Bacmeister

      Pages 135-152

   6. The Methane Atmospheric Cycle

      • I. L. Karol

      Pages 153-177

3. Modelling of the Troposphere - Stratosphere System

   1. 3-D Transport-Chemistry Studies of the Stratosphere Using Satellite Data Together with Data Assimilation

      • M. A. Geller, Y. Chi, R. B. Rood, A. R. Douglass, D. J. Allen, M. Cerniglia et al.

      Pages 179-198

   2. The Stratosphere in General Circulation Models

      • Byron A. Boville

      Pages 199-214

   3. The Role of Radiation in the Stratosphere and its Representation in Models

      • Steven Pawson

      Pages 215-226

   4. Influence of the Stratospheric Circulation Change on the Troposphere in the Northern Hemisphere Winter

      • Kunihiko Kodera

      Pages 227-243

4. Natural and Anthropogenic forcing of the Middle Atmosphere: Detection of Trends

   1. Troposphere-Stratosphere Coupling in the Tropics: The Role of El Nino and the QBO

      • G. C. Reid, K. S. Gage

      Pages 245-266

   2. Some Influences Responsible for the Interannual Variations in the Stratosphere of the Northern Hemisphere

      • K. Labitzke, H. van Loon

      Pages 267-283

   3. The Greenhouse Effect and Stratospheric Change

      • Keith P. Shine

      Pages 285-300

   4. Long Term Trend in the Middle Atmosphere Temperature

      • Marie-Lise Chanin

      Pages 301-317

   5. Monitoring Stratospheric Ozone From Space

      • Richard S. Stolarski

      Pages 319-346

   6. Monitoring of Stratospheric Changes at the Jungfraujoch Station by High-Resolution Infrared Solar Observations in Support of the Network for Detection of Stratospheric Changes (NDSC)

      • R. Zander, E. Mahieu, Ph. Demoulin

      Pages 347-363

5. Recent Observational Results

   1. Preliminary Results of the European Arctic Campaign

      • Jean-Pierre Pommereau

      Pages 365-376

   2. Major Results from Sage II

      • Lamont R. Poole, M. Patrick McCormick

      Pages 377-386

   3. An Overview of the Relevant Results from the ATMOS Missions of 1985 and 1992

      • Michael R. Gunson, Rodolphe Zander

      Pages 387-401

Scientists concerned with the processes occurring in the stratosphere are becoming more and more aware of the role that the stratosphere may play in the global climate and in global change in general. This book focuses on the basic processes taking place in the stratosphere and on the stratospheric changes which may occur from either natural or anthropogenic forcing. Of major concern here is the consequence of the increasing Antarctic Ozone Hole and the possibility of similar processes occurring at northern latitudes. One of the expected consequences of the change in the stratospheric composition, mainly ozone depletion, is the change in the penetration of UV-B in the troposphere, at the surface, and in the top layers of the ocean. Monitoring and modeling of those changes are still in infancy, even though the implications may be of utmost importance for the entire biosphere. Several aspects of these consequences with regard to aquatic ecosystems, terrestrial vegetation and human health are presented by experts in these fields.

• Cloud
• Greenhouse effect
• Troposphere
• atmosphere
• climate
• ecosystem
• global change
• ocean
• ozone
• ozone depletion
• radiation
• satellite
• stratosphere
• temperature
• vegetation
• air pollution and air quality

• Service d’Aéronomie du CNRS, Verrières-le-Buisson, Cedex, France

  Marie-Lise Chanin

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