Solar activity impact on the Earth’s upper atmosphere

Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Joan Miquel Torta⁵  Mario Parisi³  Sergio Magdaleno⁴  David Altadill⁵  Borislav Andonov⁶  Estefania Blanch⁵  Dalia Buresova¹  Norbert Jakowski⁷  Jan Lastovicka¹  Andrei Mikhailov⁸  Plamen Mukhtarov⁶  Dora Pancheva⁶  Loredana Perrone²  Ioanna Tsagouri⁹  Ivan Kutiev⁶ 

[1] Institute of Atmospheric Physics ASCR,14131 Prague,Czech Republic;Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia,00143 Rome,Italy;Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Roma,00185 Rome,Italy;Atmospheric Sounding Station “El Arenosillo”, INTA,Huelva,Spain;Ebro Observatory, University Ramon Llull, CSIC,E-43520 Roquetes,Spain;National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,1113 Sofia,Bulgaria;Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center,51147 Cologne,Germany;Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences,142190 Troitsk, Moskovskaya obl.,Russia;Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens,15236 Mount Penteli,Greece

关键词: data analysis;    total electron content;    storm;    solar activity;    ionosphere;   

Others  :  800649
DOI  :  doi:10.1051/swsc/2013028

 received in 2012-06-08, accepted in 2013-02-05,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

The paper describes results of the studies devoted to the solar activity impact on the Earth’s upper atmosphere and ionosphere, conducted within the frame of COST ES0803 Action.

【 授权许可】

   
© I. Kutiev et al., Published by EDP Sciences 2013

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