Speaker
Dr
Hilde Nesse Tyssøy
(Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Dept. Phys. and Tech., UiB)
Description
Energetic particles from the Sun or the Earth’s magnetosphere penetrate into the upper or middle atmosphere, altering its chemical properties, which results in a reduction of ozone. As ozone is important in the energy budget in this region it can affect the temperature and winds in this region. These winds have links to our weather system, and it is speculated that it might affect polar regional surface temperatures during winter. This talk will give a short introduction on how space weather could potentially affect the polar winter weather. It should, however, be noted that the discussed link is by no means a dispute against anthropogenic changes on climate.
Primary author
Dr
Hilde Nesse Tyssøy
(Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Dept. Phys. and Tech., UiB)
