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    Geomagnetic perturbations on stratospheric circulation in late winter and spring

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    Author
    Lu, Hua
    Clilverd, Mark A.
    Seppälä, Annika
    Hood, Lon L. cc
    Affiliation
    Univ Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Lab
    Issue Date
    2008-08-22
    Keywords
    Solar activity
    energetic particle precipitation
    stratosphere circulation
    
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    Publisher
    AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
    Citation
    Geomagnetic perturbations on stratospheric circulation in late winter and spring 2008, 113 (D16) Journal of Geophysical Research
    Journal
    Journal of Geophysical Research
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    Copyright 2008 by the American Geophysical Union.
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    This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.
    Abstract
    This study investigates if the descent of odd nitrogen, generated in the thermosphere and the upper mesosphere by energetic particle precipitation (EPP-NOx), has a detectable impact on stratospheric wind and temperature in late winter and spring presumably through the loss of ozone and reduction of absorption of solar UV. In both hemispheres, similar downward propagating geomagnetic signals in the extratropical stratosphere are found in spring for those years when no stratospheric sudden warming occurred in mid-winter. Anomalous easterly winds and warmer polar regions are found when the 4-month averaged winter Ap index (Ap) is high, and the signals become clearer when solar F10.7 is low. In May, significant geomagnetic signals are obtained in the Northern Hemisphere when the data are grouped according to the phase of the stratospheric equatorial QBO. The magnitudes of changes in spring stratospheric wind and temperatures associated with Ap signals are in the range of 10–20 m s−1 and 5–10 K, which are comparable with those of the 11-yr SC signals typically found in late winter. The spring Ap signals show the opposite sign to that expected due to in situ cooling effects caused by catalytic destruction of stratospheric ozone by descending EPP-NOx. Thus it is unlikely that the in situ chemical effect of descending EPP-NOx on stratospheric ozone would have a dominant influence on stratospheric circulation. Instead, we suggest that the detected Ap signals in the extratropical spring stratosphere may be an indirect consequence of geomagnetic and solar activity, dynamically induced by changes in wave ducting conditions.
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    6 month embargo; Version of record online: 22 August 2008
    ISSN
    0148-0227
    DOI
    10.1029/2007JD008915
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    Final published version
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    http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/2007JD008915
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    10.1029/2007JD008915
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