A search for an association between the equatorial stratospheric QBO and solar UV irradiance

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Elias, Ana G ^a,b   de Artigas, Marta Zossi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

POLAR WINTERS;

GEOPHYSICS;

CORRELATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0344530877     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017771     Document Type: Article

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