International Reference Atmosphere: Middle Atmosphere Models Pt. 2
Published in January 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-08-040789-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) International Reference Atmosphere (CIRA) first appeared in 1961 and has been subsequently supplemented by work published in 1965 and 1972. CIRA 86 , the fourth in the series, is published in two parts, Part I: Thermosphere Models , published in 1989 and Part II: Middle Atmosphere Models , presented here. The primary height domain for Middle Atmosphere Models has been taken to be 20-100km altitude, with the thermosphere model providing the reference model data above 100km altitude. The twenty papers contained in this volume describe the mean behaviour of the atmosphere between 0 and 120km, the atmospheric variability of the mean, and compare the new reference atmosphere with various other data sets. In view of the current importance of ozone, an ozone model has also been included. The lengthy and valuable appendix contains tabulations of the reference atmosphere as a function of latitude, pressure and altitude.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
180ill.
Dimensions
Height: 270 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-08-040789-0 (9780080407890)
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Content
Section headings and selected chapters: Foreword. Introduction. COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere grand mean, J J Barnett & S Chandra; Zonal mean temperature, pressure, zonal wind and geopotential height as functions of latitude, E L Fleming et al . Atmospheric Variability. Planetary and Gravity Waves . Climatological distribution of planetary waves in the middle atmosphere, J J Barnett & K Labitzk;. Seasonal and latitudinal variations of gravity waves, I Hirota. Tides. Atmospheric tides below 80km, J M Forbes & G V Grove;. Atmospheric tides between 80km and 120km, J M Forbes. Turbulence in the region 80-120km, W K Hocking. Comparison of Selected Data Sets with the New Reference Atmosphere. Solar mesosphere explorer temperature climatology of the mesosphere as compared to the CIRA model, R T Clancy & D W Rusch; Contribution to the new reference atmosphere from ground-based lidar, M L Chanin et al . Temperature and altitude of the polar mesopause in summer, U von Zahn. Southern hemisphere reference middle atmosphere, Yu P Koshelkov. Supplementary Data. Description and presentation of reference atmosphere radar winds (80-110km), A H Manson et al . Monthly mean tabulations, with standard deviations, of the zonal and meridional winds. Ozone reference models for the middle atmosphere, G M Keating et al . Appendix: Tables of the COSPAR middle atmosphere reference atmosphere. Author index.