Chapter headings and selected papers: Observations and Production of Stratified Layers in the Middle Atmosphere and Lower Ionosphere. Preface. Middle Atmosphere. Turbulence in the stratified atmosphere: recent theoretical developments and experimental results, C Sidi & F Dalaudi;r. Discrete layers of D-region ionisation in the high-latitude ionosphere, P N Collis & S Kirkwoo;. Electrical stratification in the middle atmosphere, C L Croskey et al. Stratification processes in the atmospheric sodium layer: observations and theory, B R Clemesha. E-Region. Sporadic-E layers: history and recent observations, J D Whitehead. Ionisation layers over the magnetic equator during meteor shower days, S P Gupta. Possible effects of the ion redistribution in the dynamo region caused by sequential sporadic E-layers, D P Grubor. The Middle Atmosphere After MAP. Achievements in the D-region studies during MAP, A D Danilov. A perspective of middle-atmosphere dynamics (MAD) studies at the New International Equatorial Observatory (NIEO), M D Yamanaka & S Fukao. ;stimations of model parameters for gravity wave spectra observed by MST radar, A O Scheffler et al. GLOBMET - the contributions of radio meteor measurements to the Middle Atmosphere Program, R G Roper. Electrical properties of the middle atmosphere, J D Mitchell. Soviet contributions towards MAP/WINE, Z Ts Rapoport & E S Kazim;rovsky. Long-term variations in mid-latitude Southern Hemisphere mesospheric winds, G J Fraser. The Springtime Antarctic Ozone Depletion. Quo vadimus re the springtime antarctic ozone depletion? M J Rycroft. Author index.