Atmospheric science across the stratopause /

Atmospheric science across the stratopause /

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Imprint:	Washington, DC : American Geophysical Union, c2000.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 342 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Language:	English
Series:	Geophysical monograph, 0065-8448 ; 123 Geophysical monograph ; 123.
Subject:	Stratosphere. Stratosphere.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9130117

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Other authors / contributors:	Siskind, D. E. Eckermann, Stephen D. Summers, Michael, 1954-
ISBN:	9781118668399 (electronic bk.) 1118668391 (electronic bk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	Provides an integrated perspective on the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere that creates a unified vision of atmospheric phenomena. The 27 review articles and research papers discuss chemistry, energetics, dynamics, long term changes, new experiments, and new models relevant to both atmospheric science and space science. Topics include the role of equatorial waves in the semiannual oscillation of the middle atmosphere, optical evidence of energy transport across the stratopause, ground-based microwave observations of middle atmospheric water vapor in the 1990s, and nighttime O2 and O3 profiles measured by MSX/UVISI using stellar occultation techniques. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Other form:	Print version: 9780875909813

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Summary:	<p>Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 123.</p> In recent years, two separate geophysical research cultures have developed in the United States to study the atmosphere: one of space scientists, who focus on the mesosphere, thermosphere and ionosphere, and the other of atmospheric scientists, who focus on the troposphere and stratosphere. The boundary between these two research domains roughly coincides with the stratopause (50 km). While the division ofthe atmosphere into layers and boundaries serves as a useful way to characterize the various chemical and dynamical processes that distinguish these layers, these boundaries are not impermeable. To understand such critical issues as global change, geophysicists must study the atmosphere as an integrated system. The purpose of this monograph is to highlight those studies that consider the coupling of these two regions and thus bring together two scientific specialties (atmospheric science and space science) that are often considered separately.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (x, 342 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781118668399 1118668391
ISSN:	0065-8448 ;