Are stratospheric aerosols the missing link between tropospheric vorticity and Earth transits of the heliospheric current sheet?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 29689-29699

  Kirkland, Matt W ^a,c   Tinsley, Brian A ^a   Hoeksema, J Todd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; HELIOSPHERIC CURRENT SHEET; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

EID: 5344255245     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01554     Document Type: Article

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