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The Stratosphere and Its Role in the Climate System

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Guy P. Brasseur

    1. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA

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  • elucidates the complex interactions taking place in the climate system
  • presented in a tutorial form and therefore aimed at a broad audience of scientists and students

Part of the book series: Nato ASI Subseries I: (ASII, volume 54)

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Table of contents (20 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Guy P. Brasseur
      Pages 1-4

  3. Dynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Atmospheric Dynamics: Fundamentals

      • James Holton
      Pages 7-14

    3. Zonally Averaged Flow

      • James Holton
      Pages 15-34

    4. Influence of the “Tropical Pump” on Trace Constituents and Temperature

      • James Holton
      Pages 35-46

    5. Wave-Mean-Flow Interactions

      • James R. Holton
      Pages 47-57

    6. Observations of Dynamical Processes

      • Alan O’Neill
      Pages 59-82

    7. Influences of the Solar Cycle on Climate Through Stratospheric Processes

      • Kunihiko Kodera
      Pages 83-98

  4. Radiation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Radiative Transfer in Troposphere-Stratosphere Global Climate Models

      • Jeffrey T. Kiehl
      Pages 101-131

    3. Satellite Remote Sensing: The Retrieval Problem

      • Clive Rodgers
      Pages 133-171

    4. UV-B Radiation and Its Effects on the Biosphere

      • Sasha Madronich
      Pages 173-198

    5. Radiative Forcing

      • Claire Granier, Igor Karol
      Pages 199-216

  5. Chemistry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. Chemistry of the Atmosphere

      • Susan Solomon
      Pages 219-226

    3. Chemical Families

      • Susan Solomon
      Pages 227-241

    4. Mid-Latitude Ozone Depletion

      • Susan Solomon
      Pages 243-252

    5. Polar Ozone

      • Susan Solomon, Guy Brasseur
      Pages 253-259

    6. Observations of Chemical Composition

      • Ulrich Schmidt
      Pages 261-292
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About this book

This book presents a summary of the lectures given at the NATO Advanced Science Institute (ASI) which took place at Val Morin, Quebec, Canada, 4-15 September, 1995. This summer school offered an excellent opportunity to discuss key scientific questions related to the stratosphere and its importance for the climate system. Approximately 85 students and 15 lecturers from 19 nations attended the ASI which was sponsored by SPARC (Stratospheric Processes and Their Role in Climate), a project of the World Climate Research Programme. The purpose of the ASI was to present truly tutorial lectures rather than highly specialized or technical talks. At the conference, mornings were devoted to fundamental presentations while short illustrative talks were given in the afternoon. The book presents a summary of the two types of lectures. We were fortunate to enlist the participation of outstanding experts in the field of atmospheric science and excellent teachers. Students were strongly encouraged to actively participate in various activities during the summer school; for example, the students were asked to summarize the lectures given by the teachers, and in most cases, the chapters presented in this book were written by small groups of students and reviewed by the lecturers. During the school, students had also the opportunity to present posters that described their personal research. These lecture notes are divided into three major parts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA

    Guy P. Brasseur

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