Transport Processes in the Middle Atmosphere

1. Dynamical Climatology of the Middle Atmosphere.- Troposphere-stratosphere general circulation statistics.- A review of observations of the quasi-biennial and semiannual oscillations of wind and temperature in the tropical middle atmosphere.- Recent progress in gravity wave saturation studies.- Radar observations of gravity waves in the mesosphere.- The seasonal evolution of the stratosphere in the northern hemisphere.- 2. Observations and Analysis of Chemical Constituents.- Distributions of ozone and nitric acid measured by the Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere (LIMS).- The near global distributions of middle atmospheric H2O and NO2 measured by the NIMBUS 7 LIMS experiment.- Satellite measurements of stratospheric aerosols.- Evidence for planetary wave breaking from satellite data: The relative roles of diabatic effects and irreversible mixing.- Seasonal variation in the variance of stratospheric ozone and potential temperature over hohenpeissenberg, F.R.G..- Satellite observations of the antarctic ozone depletion.- 3. Transport in the Middle Atmosphere: Theory and Modeling.- Transport mechanisms in the middle atmosphere: anintroductory survey.- A coupled model of zonally averaged dynamics, radiation and chemistry.- The influence of the semi-annual and quasi-biennial oscillations on equatorial tracer distributions.- The effect of breaking gravity waves on the distribution of trace species in the middle atmosphere.- Modeling the transport of chemically active constituents in the stratosphere.- Comprehensive modeling of the middle atmosphere: The influence of horizontal resolution.- Dynamics and tracer transport in the middle atmosphere: an overview of some recent developments.- Evidence of planetary wave breaking in the stratosphere using a photochemical modelalong air parcel trajectories.- The production of temporal variability in trace constituents concentrations.- Parcel dispersion in stratospheric models.- Diffusion coefficients calculated from satellite data.- Vacillations induced by interference of stationary and traveling planetary waves.- 4. Radiative Processes and Transport.- Response of the middle atmosphere to changing O3 and CO2—A speculative tutorial.- The residual circulation: Interhemispheric differences and heating and eddy components.- Analysis of the mean meridional circulation using satellite data.- 5. Observational Techniques.- Irregular and diurnal variability in asynoptic measurements of stratospheric trace species.- Contribution of radar observations of winds, waves, turbulence and composition to study transport processes in the middle atmosphere.- Lidar sounding of the structure and dynamics of the middle atmosphere: a review of recent results relevant to transport processes.- Alphabetical Index of the Authors.