Influence of Solar Wind on the Global Electric Circuit, and Inferred Effects on Cloud Microphysics, Temperature, and Dynamics in the Troposphere

By B. Tinsley. 2000

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Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change

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In Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. J. Kirkby
2. Richard Harrison
3. Earle Williams
4. M. Rycroft
5. K. Aplin
6. K. Nicoll
7. V. Pant
8. Rupam Singh

In Atmospheric Science

1. Richard Harrison
2. K. Carslaw
3. J. Kirkby
4. K. Aplin
5. M. Rycroft
6. K. Nicoll
7. Earle Williams
8. Fangqun Yu

In Global and Planetary Change

1. Richard Harrison
2. J. Kirkby
3. K. Carslaw
4. Earle Williams
5. M. Rycroft
6. V. Pant
7. Rupam Singh
8. Ashok Kumar Singh

Citations in the corpus

• The atmospheric global electric circuit : An overview (2007, background): “…magnetospheric radiation belts interact with the middle and the lower atmosphere by depositing their energy in the atmosphere and producing ionization directly or via Bremsstrahlung radiation, thereby influencing the dynamics of storm and atmosphere (Tinsley and Heelis, 1993; Tinsley, 2000).”
• The global atmospheric electric circuit, solar activity and climate change (2000, background): “…their energy in the atmosphere, by creating ionisation directly or via bremmstrahlung radiation, by altering its chemistry (particularly ozone, nitric oxide and sulphate aerosols, see Jackman et al., 1995), or by a ecting the nucleation of water droplets to form clouds (see Tinsley, 1996, 2000).”
• Cosmic Rays and Climate (2005, background): “The second mechanism that may link GCR flux and clouds concerns the effect of GCRs on the global electric current flowing between the ionosphere and Earth’s surface [120, 121].”
• Altitude variations of cosmic ray induced production of aerosols: Implications for global cloudiness and climate (2002, background): “[35] In addition to their possible influence on particle nucleation rate, CN and CCN abundance, GCR variations may also affect global electric circuit and electroscavenging [e.g., Tinsley, 2000, 2001] that will change cloud properties.”
• Lightning and climate: A review (2005, background): “Tinsley (2000; 2003) has suggested cloud microphysical mechanisms linking solar wind variations to atmospheric energetics.”
• Recent advances in global electric circuit coupling between the space environment and the troposphere (2012, background): “Recent work shows J z flows through clouds (Nicoll and Harrison, 2009a) which may affect the clouds as it does so, therefore suggesting a possible mechanism whereby solar activity can modulate low level cloud cover (e.g., Tinsley, 2000) (see Section 5.3 for more detail).”
• Ion‐aerosol‐cloud processes in the lower atmosphere (2003, background): “…effect on cloud microphysics leading to modification of weather systems has been proposed in a series of papers by B. Tinsley and coworkers [Tinsley, 1996a, 1996b, 1991, 1997, 2000; Tinsley and Beard, 1997; Tinsley and Deen, 1991; Tinsley et al., 1994, 1989, 2000, 2001; Kirkland et al.,…”
• SOLAR INFLUENCES ON CLIMATE (2010, neutral): “Modulation of the global circuit by solar‐induced changes in GCR ionization [Markson, 1981] provides a conceivable route by which solar changes can be communicated to the lower atmosphere [Tinsley et al., 1989; Tinsley, 2000].”