Table of Contents

Foreword: R. Alan Plumb A Brief Biographical Sketch and Personal Tribute Adam H. Sobel vii Preface Lorenzo M. Polvani, Adam H. Sobel, and Darryn W. Waugh xiii Introduction Darryn W. Waugh and Lorenzo M. Polvani 1 Middle Atmosphere Research Before Alan Plumb Marvin A. Geller 5 Planetary Waves and the Extratropical Winter Stratosphere R. Alan Plumb 23 Stratospheric Polar Vortices Darryn W. Waugh and Lorenzo M. Polvani 43 Annular Modes of the Troposphere and Stratosphere Paul J. Kushner 59 Stratospheric Equatorial Dynamics Lesley J. Gray 93 Gravity Waves in the Stratosphere M. Joan Alexander 109 Variability and Trends in Stratospheric Temperature and Water Vapor William J. Randel 123 Trace Gas Transport in the Stratosphere: Diagnostic Tools and Techniques Mark R. Schoeberl and Anne R. Douglass 137 Chemistry and Dynamics of the Antarctic Ozone Hole Paul A. Newman 157 Solar Variability and the Stratosphere Joanna D. Haigh 173 AGU Category Index 189 Index 191

About the Author

L. M. Polvani and A. H. Sobel are the authors of The Stratosphere: Dynamics, Transport, and Chemistry, published by Wiley.