The influence of solar wind on extratropical cyclones - Part 1: Wilcox effect revisited

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-30

  Prikryl, P ^a   Rusin V ^b   Rybansky M ^c  

^a Industry Canada   (Canada)

^b ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Mesoscale meteorology; Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Convective processes; Waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GRAVITY WAVE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOLAR WIND; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

EID: 71349086185     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-1-2009     Document Type: Article

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