Analysis of the influence of solar activity and atmospheric factors on 7Be air concentration by seasonal-trend decomposition

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 145, Issue , 2016, Pages 147-157

  Bas, M C ^a   Ortiz, J ^a   Ballesteros, L ^a   Martorell, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

7Be; Atmospheric factors; Seasonal trend decomposition; Solar activity; Sunspots number; Time series

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; SOLAR ENERGY; TIME SERIES; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC FACTORS; INDEPENDENT COMPONENTS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; SEASONAL TRENDS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SUNSPOTS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

SOLAR RADIATION;

BERYLLIUM 7;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BERYLLIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DECOMPOSITION; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL TREND DECOMPOSITION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

SPAIN;

EID: 84990966993     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.09.027     Document Type: Article

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