Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10696316 | Advances in Space Research | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
North-South asymmetry in the cosmic ray fluxes as resulted from the long-term balloon measurements in the northern and southern polar stratosphere does not agree with that found from the neutron monitor data. In order to reveal possible sources of the observed asymmetry, selected interplanetary parameters were examined. North-South asymmetry relative to the heliospheric neutral sheet was considered for solar wind velocity, plasma density and some other solar plasma parameters. It is shown that North-South asymmetry of the solar wind velocity and plasma density depends on the Earth's heliolatitude and the phase of the 11-year solar activity cycle. This may be relevant to the results of cosmic ray measurements in the stratosphere.
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Authors
N.S. Svirzhevsky, A.K. Svirzhevskaya, G.A. Bazilevskaya, Yu.I. Stozhkov,