Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics Vol. 51, 1993 Springer-Verlag Wien New York Meteorology. and Atmospheric Physics formerly Archives for Meteorology, Geophysics, and Bioclimatology, Series A Honorary and Founding Editor: F. Steinnauser, Wien Managing Editor: E. R. Reiter, Boulder, Colo. Editorial Board: L. Bengtsson, Hamburg M. Kuhn, Innsbruck H. C. Davies, Zurich L. Leslie, Melbourne, Vic. H. Dolezalek, Alexandria, Virg. K.-N. Liou, Salt Lake City, Utah M. Hantel, Wien F. Mesinger, Washington, D.C. F. Herbert, Frankfurt a. M. H. Pichler, Innsbruck M. Kaplan, Newport News, Virg. E. Smith, Tallahassee, Fla. K.-Y. Kondratyev, St. Petersburg N. Surgi, Miami, Fla. T. N. Krishnamurti, Tallahassee, Fla. Editorial Assistant: Ch. Bernhofer, Wien The exclusive copyright for all languages and countries, including the right for photomechanical and any other reproductions including microform is transferred to the publisher © 1993 by Springer-VerlaWgi/en Vol. 51, 1993 Barclay, J.J., Jury, M. R., Landman, W., Climato- Serreze, M. C., Box, J. E., Barry, R. G., Walsh, J. E., logical and Structural Differences Between Wet Characteristics of Arctic Synoptic Activity, and Dry Troughs over Southern Africa in the 1952—1989 Early Summer Shaw, G.E., Stamnes, K., Hu, Y. X., Arctic Haze: Bromwich, D. H., Robasky, F. M., Recent Precipita- Perturbation to the Radiation Field tion Trends over the Polar Ice Sheets Simpson, J., Keenan, Th. D., Ferrier, B., Simpson, Curry, J. A., Schramm, J. L., Ebert, E. E., Impact of R. H., Holland, G.J., Cumulus Mergers in the Clouds on the Surface Radiation Balance of the Maritime Continent Region Steffen, K., Abdalati, W., Stroeve, J., Climate Sensi- Arctic Ocean tivity Studies of the Greenland Ice Sheet Using Dhaka, S. K., Kumar, A., Nagpal, O. P., Some Stud- Satellite AVHRR, SMMR, SSM/I and In Situ ies of Tropical/Equatorial Waves over Indian Tropical Middle Atmosphere: Results of Tropi- Walsh, J. E., Lynch, A., Chapman, W., Musgrave, cal Wave Campaign D., A Regional Model for Studies of Atmo- Gabriel, A., Schilling, H.-D., Effects of Different sphere-Ice-Ocean Interaction in the Western Arc- Approximations in 2D-Front-Scale Models on Cross Frontal Structures (Weak v,,-Case) Wanner, H., Kiinzle, T., Neu, U., [hly, B., Baum- Jury, M.R., A Preliminary Study of Climatological bach, G., Steisslinger, B., On the Dynamics of Associations and Characteristics of Tropical Cy- Photochemical Smog over the Swiss Middleland clones in the SW Indian Ocean — Results of the First POLLUMET Field Experi- Parish, T. R., Pettre, P., Wendler, G., The Influence of Large-Scale Forcing on the Katabatic Wind Weller, G., Polar Meteorology Regime at Adélie Land, Antarctica Wendler, G., Meitner, R., Satellite-Derived Outgo- Reason, C. J. C., Kiihnel, I., Henderson-Sellers, B., ing Longwave Radiation, Surface Temperature A Comparison of Vertical Mixing Schemes Em- and Sea Ice Concentration off the Coast of Adeé- bedded in an OGCM with Application to Air-Sea hé-Land, Eastern Antarctica . ... 6.6 cc cece cca 219 Interactions and the Evolution of SST Anomalies 55 Book Review