A comparison between effects of solar proton events and of geomagnetic storms on the ozone profiles

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2163-2168

  Tassev, Yordan ^a   Velinov, Peter I Y ^a   Mateev, Lachezar ^a   Tomova, Dimitrinka ^b  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; OZONE LAYER; PARTIAL PRESSURE; STORMS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

SOLAR PROTON EVENTS (SPE);

SPACE RESEARCH;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COSMIC RAY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; STRATOSPHERE; TOTAL OZONE;

EID: 0042009211     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00126-1     Document Type: Article

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