Energetic particle forcing of the Northern Hemisphere winter stratosphere: Comparison to solar irradiance forcing

Frontiers in Physics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-6

  Seppälä, Annika ^a   Clilverd, Mark A ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Energetic particle precipitation; Solar cycle; Solar forcing; Solar variability; Stratosphere; Stratosphere troposphere connection

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ENERGETIC PARTICLE PRECIPITATION; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; FORCINGS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PARTICLE PRECIPITATION; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR FORCING; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR VARIABILITY; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE CONNECTIONS;

TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84911128918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296424X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2014.00025     Document Type: Article

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