A search for five month solar induced periodicity in the stratosphere
- NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (USA)
Recent studies of solar UV spectra and various indices of solar activity indicate a strong period at about 5 months. In the 10.7 cm solar radio flux (F10.7), a conventional index for the solar EUV and UV variabilities, the spectral power of the 5 month period is comparable to the well known 27 day solar period. However, in the solar UV flux at 205 nm, directly measured from the Nimbus-7 SBUV spectrometer, the (spectral) power of the 5 month period is about half that of the 27 day period. This paper examines the possible impact of the 5 month solar period on ozone and temperature at various pressure levels in the stratosphere and discusses the implications of differences in solar forcing at the 27 day and 5 month periods. It is shown that ozone, both in the lower and upper stratosphere, has a measurable response to solar UV forcing 27 days. Such a solar response is not observed at 5 month period because of a relatively weaker 5 month solar UV component in the solar signal and a strong interference from dynamical signals associated with planetary wave activity.
- OSTI ID:
- 5609931
- Journal Information:
- Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union); (USA), Vol. 16:7; ISSN 0094-8276
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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