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Boberg & Lundstedt 2002
Boberg, F. and Lundstedt, H. (2002). Solar Wind Variations Related to Fluctuations of the North Atlantic Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters 29: doi: 10.1029/2002GL014903. issn: 0094-8276.

A study on a possible solar wind interaction with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is performed. Results are presented suggesting a relationship between the NAO index and the electric field strength E of the solar wind. A possible scenario for the suggested interaction is that an electromagnetic disturbance is generated by the solar wind in the global electric circuit of the ionosphere. This disturbance is then dynamically propagating downward through the atmosphere and subsequently influencing the large-scale pressure system in the North Atlantic region. A relationship is also evident on longer time-scales when using the group sunspot number as a proxy for the solar wind.

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Keywords
Interplanetary Physics, Solar wind plasma, Magnetospheric Physics, Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions, Ionosphere, Current systems, Global Change, Atmosphere (0315, 0325)
Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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