Middle atmosphere response to the solar cycle in irradiance and ionizing particle precipitation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5045-5077

  Semeniuk, K ^a   Fomichev, V I ^a   McConnell, J C ^a   Fu, C ^b   Melo, S M L ^b   Usoskin, I G ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; CLIMATE MODELING; COSMIC RAY; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 79958178801     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-5045-2011     Document Type: Article

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