CHANGES OF LATITUDE

High latitude hydrological changes during the Eocene Thermal Maximum 2

Cosmic rays linked to rapid mid-latitude cloud changes

The effect of the Galactic Cosmic Ray (GCR) flux on Earth’s climate is highly uncertain. Using a novel sampling approach based around observing periods of significant cloud changes, a statistically robust relationship is identified between short-term GCR flux changes and the most rapid mid-latitude (60–30 N/S) cloud decreases operating over daily timescales; this signal is verified in surface l...

Mid-latitude ozone changes in a 3D CTM

Mid-latitude ozone changes: studies with a 3-D CTM forced by ERA-40 analyses W. Feng, M. P. Chipperfield, M. Dorf, and K. Pfeilsticker Institute for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Institute für Umweltphysik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Received: 3 April 2006 – Accepted: 21 April 2006 – Published: 17 July 2006 Correspondence...

HIGH LATITUDE GAMMA RAYS ASSOCIATED WITH VIRGO

A more detailed analysis is made of the energy spectrum of the diffuse component of extragalactic gamma rays over the range of 0.3- 10 GeV, obtained fromthe EGRET instrument at the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. The derived excess energy spectrum of high galactic latitude, b > 60°, using intercept method shows that it is correlated with Virgo cluster (over lsr) and average Virgo intensity i...

A three-dimensional model study of long-term mid-high latitude lower stratosphere ozone changes

We have used a 3D off-line chemical transport model (CTM) to study the causes of the observed changes in ozone in the mid-high latitude lower stratosphere from 1979–1998. The model was forced by European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) analyses and contains a detailed chemistry scheme. A series of model runs were performed at a horizontal resolution of 7.5×7.5 and covered the ...