The equatorial stratospheric QBO and geomagnetic activity

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1280-1286

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dst; Geomagnetic activity; Quasi biennial oscillation; Ring current; Solar activity; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DISTURBANCE STORM TIME INDEX; EQUATORIAL STRATOSPHERE; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION (QBO); RING CURRENT;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 25444530918     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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