Simulation of the October-November 2003 solar proton events in the CMAM GCM: Comparison with observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Semeniuk, Kirill ^a   McConnell, J C ^a   Jackman, C H ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PROTONS; SPECTROMETERS; STORMS;

CANADIAN MIDDLE ATMOSPHERIC MODEL (CMAM); GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); SOLAR PROTON EVENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MESOSPHERE; NITROGEN OXIDES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 25844518363     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022392     Document Type: Article

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