Cosmogenic 7Be in air: A complex mixture of production and transport

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1036-1043

  Leppanen A P ^a   Pacini, A A ^b,e,g   Usoskin, I G ^c   Aldahan, A ^d,h   Echer, E ^b   Evangelista, H ^e   Klemola, S ^a   Kovaltsov, G A ^f   Mursula, K ^g   Possnert, G ^d  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^h UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

7Be; Atmosphere; Cosmic rays; Cosmogenic isotopes; NAO; SAM

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATIC INDEX; COMPLEX MIXTURE; COSMOGENIC ISOTOPES; FINLAND; GROUND LEVEL; LOCAL PRODUCTION; MIDLATITUDES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION INDICES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POLAR REGIONS; REALISTIC MODEL; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SOUTHERN FINLAND; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TIME-SCALES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COSMOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES; TROPOSPHERE; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 77954955809     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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