Sudden stratospheric warmings seen in MINOS deep underground muon data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Osprey, S ^a   Barnett, J ^a   Smith, J ^a   Adamson, P ^b   Andreopoulos, C ^c   Arms, K E ^d   Armstrong, R ^e   Auty, D J ^f   Ayres, D S ^g   Baller, B ^b   Barnes Jr , P D ^h   Barr, G D ^a   Barrett, W L ⁱ   Becker, B R ^d   Belias, A ^c   Bernstein, R H ^b   Bhattacharya, D ^j   Bishai, M ^k   Blake, A ^l   Bock, G J ^b   Boehm, J ^m   Boehnlein, D J ^b   Bogert, D ^b   Bower, C ^e   Buckley Geer, E ^b   Cavanaugh, S ^m   Chapman, J D ^l   Cherdack, D ⁿ   Childress, S ^b   Choudhary, B C ^b   Cobb, J H ^a   Coleman, S J ^o   Culling, A J ^l   De Jong, J K ^p   Dierckxsens, M ^k   Diwan, M V ^k   Dorman, M ^c,q   Dytman, S A ^j   Escobar, C O ^r   Evans, J J ^a,q   Falk, E ^f   Feldman, G J ^m   Frohne, M V ^s   Gallagher, H R ⁿ   Godley, A ^t   Goodman, M C ^b,g   Gouffon, P ^u   Gran, R ^v   Grashorn, E W ^d,v   Grossman, N ^b   Grzelak, K ^a,w   Habig, A ^v   Harris, D ^b   Harris, P G ^f   Hartnell, J ^c,f   Hatcher, R ^b   Himmel, A ^x   Holin, A ^q   Hylen, J ^b   Irwin, G M ^y   Ishitsuka, M ^e   Jaffe, D E ^k   James, C ^b   Jensen, D ^b   Kafka, T ⁿ   Kasahara, S M S ^d   Kim, J J ^t   Koizumi, G ^b   Kopp, S ^z   Kordosky, M ^o,q   Koskinen, D J ^q   Kreymer, A ^b   Kumaratunga, S ^d   Lang, K ^z   Ling, J ^n,t   Litchfield, P J ^d   Litchfield, R P ^a   Loiacono, L ^z   Lucas, P ^b   Ma, J ^z   Mann, W A ⁿ   Marshak, M L ^d   Marshall, J S ^l   Mayer, N ^e   McGowan, A M ^d,g   Meier, J R ^d   Messier, M D ^e   Metelko, C J ^c   Michael, D G ^x   Miller, L ^aa   Miller, W H ^d   Mishra, S R ^t   Moore, C D ^b   Morfin, J G ^b   Mualem, L ^x   Mufson, S ^e   Musser, J ^e   Naples, D ^j   Nelson, J K ^o   Newman, H B ^x   Nichol, R J ^q   Nicholls, T C ^c   Ochoa Ricoux, J P ^x   Oliver, W P ⁿ   Ospanov, R ^z   Paley, J ^e   Paolone, V ^j   Pavlovic, Z ^z   Pawloski, G ^y   Pearce, G F ^c   Peck, C W ^x   Petyt, D A ^d   Pittam, R ^a   Plunkett, R K ^b   Rahaman, A ^t   Rameika, R A ^b   Raufer, T M ^c   Rebel, B ^b   Reichenbacher, J ^g   Rodrigues, P A ^a   Rosenfeld, C ^t   Rubin, H A ^p   Ruddick, K ^d   Sanchez, M C ^g,m   Saoulidou, N ^b   Schneps, J ⁿ   Schreiner, P ^s   Seun, S M ^m   Shanahan, P ^b   Smart, W ^b   Smith, C ^q   Smith, R ^a   Sousa, A ^a   Speakman, B ^d   Stamoulis, P ^ab   Strait, M ^d   Symes, P ^f   Tagg, N ⁿ   Talaga, R L ^g   Tavera, M A ^f   Thomas, J ^q   Thompson, J ^j   Thomson, M A ^l   Thron, J L ^g   Tinti, G ^a   Tzanakos, G ^e,ab   Urheim, J ^e   Vahle, P ^o,q   Viren, B ^k   Watabe, M ^ab,ac   Weber, A ^a   Webb, R C ^ac   Wehmann, A ^b   West, N ^a   White, C ^p   Wojcicki, S G ^y   Wright, D M ^h   Yang, T ^y   Zhang, K ^k   Zwaska, R ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^g ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^k BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^m HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^p ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^s BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^v UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^x CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^y STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^aa JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^ac TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC-RAY MUONS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; HIGH ENERGY; LONG-TERM CHANGES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; UNDERGROUND DETECTORS; UPPER-AIR TEMPERATURE;

COSMOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COSMIC RAY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; STRATOSPHERE; WARMING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 65649104458     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036359     Document Type: Article

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