Highlights from the SPARC 2014 General Assembly, 12-17 January 2014, Queenstown, New Zealand

摘要

The stratosphere is the layer of Earth's atmosphere that begins at the top of the troposphere, ～10-15 km, and extends to altitudes of over 50 km. Atmospheric research over the past decade made clear that the stratosphere and its multifaceted interactions with the troposphere are relevant for atmospheric processes on various time scales. These processes range from the evolution of short term weather to trends in long term climate. The World Climate Research Programme's "Stratosphere -troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate" project, or simply SPARC, represents the community of scientists that explores the links between these two layers of the Earth's atmosphere.