The role of volcanic aerosols and relativistic electrons in modulating winter storm vorticity

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 819-827

  Tinsley, Brian A ^a   Zhou, Limin ^b   Liu, Weiping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b East China Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electricity; Relativistic electrons; Storm vorticity; Stratospheric aerosols

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MODULATION; RADIATION BELTS; VOLCANOES; VORTICITY;

HELIOSPHERIC CURRENT SHEET; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; STRATOSPHERIC COLUMN RESISTANCE; SUPERPOSED-EPOCH ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERIC COLUMNS; WINTER STORM VORTICITY;

STORMS;

EID: 84864288328     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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