Coupling Processes in the Lower and Middle Atmosphere - (Developments in Hydrobiology) by E V Thrane & Tom A Blix & David C Fritts (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

On Global Quasi-Biennial Oscillation in Column Ozone.- Circulation Deduced from Aerosol Data Averaged by Season and Phase of the Quasibiennial Oscillation.- Intraseasonal Tropical-Extra-Tropical Interactions Observed in the Stratosphere.- Stratosphere-Troposphere Air Mass Exchange and Cross-Tropopause Fluxes of Ozone.- A Numerical Experiment on the Evolution of a Polar Vortex.- Modeling the Effects of Planetary Wave Breaking in the Stratosphere.- Planetary Wave Coupling - Observations and Theory.- Low Frequency Dynamics of the Equatorial Mesosphere.- Causes of Tidal Variability.- Tidal Variability Studies Using an Mf Radar in Hawaii.- What We Can Learn from General Circulation Models about the Spectrum of Middle-Atmospheric Motions.- Convectively Generated Stratospheric Gravity Waves: The Role of Mean Wind Shear.- Gravity Wave Sources Variability and Lower and Middle Atmosphere Effects.- Nonlinear Evolution of an Upward Propagating Gravity Wave: A Numerical Case Study.- Numerical Problems in Gravity Wave Simulation.- A Critical Comparison of Theories of Gravity Wave Saturation.- Lagrangian Coordinates and Their Application to Gravity Wave Spectra.- Spectral Estimates of Gravity Wave Energy and Momentum Fluxes.- Waves-Turbulence Coupling.- The Role of Stokes Diffusion in Middle-Atmospheric Transport.- In-Situ Studies of Turbulence and Mixing: Problems and Questions.- Measurements of Turbulent Energy Dissipation Rates Applying Spectral Models.- Molecular Diffusion Against Large-Scale Upwelling - A Layering Process?.- A Numerical Experiment on 2-D Turbulence on a Rotating Sphere.- Middle Atmosphere Studies with the Eiscat Radars: Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes.- Crista: A Space Shuttle Experiment for Middle Atmosphere Small Scale Structures.- Participants.