Atmospheric and space research from polar regions
The polar regions are unique laboratories for carrying out research on both the atmosphere and the near-Earth space environment. The relatively undisturbed conditions help us explore phenomena like the greenhouse effect and the springtime Antarctic ozone depletion, the so-called ozone hole. Further...
| Published in: | Physics Education |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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1991
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| Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520153/ https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9120/26/3/003 |
| Summary: | The polar regions are unique laboratories for carrying out research on both the atmosphere and the near-Earth space environment. The relatively undisturbed conditions help us explore phenomena like the greenhouse effect and the springtime Antarctic ozone depletion, the so-called ozone hole. Further out, uv and x-radiation from the Sun produce the Earth s Ionosphere, vital for man s communication network. Yet satellite and polar research is showing us how events on the Sun can adversely affect this near-Earth space environment. |
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