Atmospheric circuit influences on ground-level pressure in the Antarctic and Arctic

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Burns, G B ^a   Tinsley, B A ^c   French, W J R ^a   Troshichev, O A ^b   Frank Kamenetsky, A V ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ARCTIC STATION; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GROUND-LEVEL; INTERPLANETARY ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERIC POTENTIAL; MAGNETIC LATITUDE; POLAR CAP; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; SOLAR CYCLE; SUNSPOT CYCLES; SURFACE PRESSURES; VERTICAL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

CORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC FIELD; INTERPLANETARY DUST; IONOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; PRESSURE EFFECT; SURFACE PRESSURE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

EID: 45749130046     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009618     Document Type: Article

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