Antarctica's role in understanding long-term change in the upper atmosphere

Jarvis, Martin J. 2001 Antarctica's role in understanding long-term change in the upper atmosphere. Surveys in Geophysics, 22 (2). 155-174. 10.1023/A:1012940304074

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Within the global context, Antarctica has a key role to play in understanding long-term change in the upper atmosphere, both because of its isolation from the rest of the world and because of its unique geophysical attributes. Antarctic upper atmosphere data can provide global change observations regarding the mesosphere, thermosphere, ionosphere, plasmasphere and magnetosphere. It will not only provide trend estimates but, just as importantly, it will define the background variability which exists in the upper atmosphere and against which these trends must be resolved. Upper atmospheric change can be driven both from within the Earth''s near environment primarily through changing atmospheric composition, dynamics or geomagnetic field, or it can be driven externally, predominantly by the Sun. Recent observations are discussed in the light of increasing interest in global change issues and sun-weather relationships.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1023/A:1012940304074
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Antarctic Science in the Global Context (2000-2005) > Geospace Atmosphere Transfer Functions
ISSN:	0169-3298
Additional Keywords:	Antarctica, global change, mesosphere, thermosphere, ionosphere, plasmasphere
Date made live:	27 Sep 2012 13:58 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19769

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