Abstract Our results substantiated by statistical tests showed that both long-term and short-term fluctuations of the climate and weather could be accounted for by a mechanism based on connections between the corpuscular activity and the changes in a atmospheric circulation due to the processes occurring in the auroral oval. The differences in the signs of temperature anomalies in the outer part of the auroral oval and in the polar area due to the penetration of auroral electrons can be explained. Inspite of the regionality, the total effect evidently has a global character. The highest correlation coefficient between the geomagnetic activity and temperature in Central Europe proved the time lag of 27 days to be most frequent in years with enhanced corpuscular radiation. Causes of breakdowns and correlation reversals as given in many studies attempting to relate the 11-year sunspot cycle to climatic variables were accounted for on the basis of our suggested mechanism.
Influence of corpuscular radiation on changes in the middle atmosphere and troposphere
Advances in Space Research ; 8 , 7 ; 205-210
1989-01-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English