Accession Number:

AD0754770

Title:

Solar Magnetic Sector Structure: Influence on Stratopheric Circulation,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

STANFORD UNIV CALIF INST FOR PLASMA RESEARCH

Personal Author(s):

• Wilcox,John M.
• Scherrer,Philip H.
• Svalgaard,Leif
• Roberts,Walter Orr
• Olson,Roger H.

Report Date:

1973-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

The solar magnetic sector structure appears to influence the average area of high positive vorticity centers low pressure troughs observed during winter in the northern hemisphere at the 300 mb level. The average area of high vorticity decreases during a few days near the times at which sector boundaries are carried pas the earth by the solar wind. The amplitude of the effect is about ten percent. Author

Descriptors:

• (*ATMOSPHERIC MOTION
• *STRATOSPHERE)
• SOLAR DISTURBANCES
• SOLAR WIND
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• CORRELATION TECHNIQUES
• VORTICES

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE