The Stratosphere Phenomena, History, and Relevance

The Stratosphere Phenomena, History, and Relevance / by Karin G. Labitzke, Harry van Loon.

This book is intended not only for meteorologists but also for scientists in other fields, for teachers, and for interested lay persons who do not want to acquaint themselves with its topics through an academic textbook. In addition to painting a picture of the stratosphere, we want to show how the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Labitzke, Karin G. (Author), Loon, Harry van (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
Edition:1st ed. 1999.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Atmospheric sciences.
Geophysics.
Earth sciences.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Berlin and the Stratosphere
  • 1.1 The first meteorological observations
  • 1.2 The exploration of the free atmosphere
  • 1.3 The discovery of the stratosphere
  • 1.4 The Royal Prussian Aeronautical Observatory at Lindenberg
  • 1.5 The Institute of Meteorology at the Freie Universität Berlin
  • Literature
  • 2 A Brief Description of the Stratospheric Climate
  • 2.1 What kind of data is available today?
  • 2.2 Mean conditions in the stratosphere
  • 2.3 Variability and trends
  • Literature
  • 3 Warm and Cold Winters in the Stratosphere
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Synoptic description of a major midwinter warming
  • 3.3 Associations
  • 3.4 A comparison between the Arctic and Antarctic
  • 3.5 Model experiments
  • Literature
  • 4 The Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO)
  • 4.1 Early observations
  • 4.2 The discovery of the QBO in the equatorial stratosphere.
  • 4.3 Our present concept of the QBO
  • 4.4 The connection between the QBO and high northern latitudes
  • Literature
  • 5 The Ozone Layer
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Early observations
  • 5.3 The natural distribution of total ozone
  • 5.4 Loss of stratospheric ozone caused by man
  • Literature
  • 6 The 11-Year Sunspot Cycle and the Stratosphere
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 The solar signal in the stratosphere during the year
  • 6.3 Is there a connection to the tropical troposphere?
  • 6.4 Total ozone and the 11-year sunspot cycle
  • 6.5 In search of a physical-dynamical mechanism
  • Literature
  • 7 Final Remarks
  • 7.1 A summary
  • 7.2 Is the stratosphere relevant to our climate?
  • 7.3 The unexpected
  • Table of Boxes.

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