Abstract
Until now, the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) has emphasized the ocean‐troposphere system in its studies of climate, but in implementing the Stratospheric Processes and Their Role in Climate (SPARC) project in March 1992, the Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) of the WCRP has recognized that one must understand stratospheric behavior in many studies of climate change. For instance, one should consider what effects anthropogenic changes in stratospheric ozone might have on climate. Also, the recent eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines has once again illustrated how volcanically induced changes in the stratospheric aerosol veil can influence climate. It is finally becoming clearer that the stratospheric changes resulting from the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases must be considered both in identifying and evaluating greenhouse influences on the troposphere.
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