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Determining solar effects in Neptune’s atmosphere

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Long-duration observations of Neptune’s brightness at two visible wavelengths provide a disk-averaged estimate of its atmospheric aerosol. Brightness variations were previously associated with the 11-year solar cycle, through solar-modulated mechanisms linked with either ultraviolet or galactic cosmic ray (GCR) effects on atmospheric particles. Here, we use a recently extended brightness data set (1972–2014), with physically realistic modelling to show, rather than alternatives, ultraviolet a...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1038/ncomms11976

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Physics - Central
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group Publisher's website
Journal:
Nature Communications Journal website
Volume:
7
Article number:
11976
Publication date:
2016-01-01
Acceptance date:
2016-05-18
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ISSN:
2041-1723
Pubs id:
pubs:615038
UUID:
uuid:8836e65e-af08-4ce6-81d5-be0e51386175
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pubs:615038
Source identifiers:
615038
Deposit date:
2016-04-13

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