Energetic particle precipitation in ECHAM5/MESSy-Part 2: Solar proton events

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 7285-7302

  Baumgaertner, A J G ^a   Jockel P ^a,d   Riede, H ^a   Stiller, G ^b   Funke, B ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ELECTRON; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION QUALITY;

EID: 79960477999     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-7285-2010     Document Type: Article

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