Atmospheric impact of the Carrington event solar protons

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Rodger, Craig J ^a   Verronen, Pekka T ^b   Clilverd, Mark A ^c   Seppälä, Annika ^c   Turunen, Esa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; IONOSPHERE; PROTONS;

ELECTRON DENSITY; ENERGY FLUX; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 59749098976     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010702     Document Type: Article

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