Solar cosmic ray events for the period 1561-1994, 2, The Gleissberg periodicity

• Main Authors: K. G. Mccracken, G. A. M. Dreschhoff, E. J. Zeller, D. F. Smart, M. A. Shea
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; Arctic; Jackman; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.637.147; http://www.leif.org/EOS/Nitrate2.pdf

Abstract. The geophysical significance of the thin nitrate-rich layers that have been found in both Arctic and Antarctic firn and ice cores, dating from the period 1561-1991, is examined in detail. It is shown that variations of meteorological origin dominate the record until the snow has consolidat...