Midlatitude atmospheric OH response to the most recent 11-y solar cycle

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2023-2028

  Wang, Shuhui ^a   Li, King Fai ^b,c   Pongetti, Thomas J ^a   Sander, Stanley P ^a   Yung, Yuk L ^b   Liang, Mao Chang ^d   Livesey, Nathaniel J ^a   Santee, Michelle L ^a   Harder, Jerald W ^e   Snow, Martin ^e   Mills, Franklin P ^c,f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Research School of Physics and Engineering   (United States)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decadal variability; Odd hydrogen

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL RADICAL; MAGNESIUM ION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; LATITUDE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE; STRATOSPHERE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TELECOMMUNICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84873438473     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1117790110     Document Type: Article

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