Solar wind electric field modulation of the NAO: A correlation analysis in the lower atmosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Boberg, Fredrik ^a   Lundstedt, Henrik ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHTS; ELECTRIC FIELD MODULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; LARGE-SCALE EVOLUTION; NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE CORRELATION;

ATMOSPHERICS; SOLAR WIND;

E REGION; ELECTRIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0242337429     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017360     Document Type: Article

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