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The role and place of the solar wind energy in the whole spectra of the solar emissions, which could influence Earth's climate dynamics are investigated. The analysis of the baloon and rocket measurement data reveals the changes of temperature in the polar region with increase of the solar wind energy.

The data of the temperature and ozone measurements made by baloon sounding have been taken from the archives of the Russian Data Center B for Hydrometeorology 6, Korolev Street, Obnisk, Kaluga Region, 249020, Russia. E-mail: wdcb@meteo.ru INTERNET address: http://www.meteo.ru

The data of the following stations were used for the temperature investigations:

Station Geographic latitude(N) and longitude (E) Geomagnetic latitude and longitude Range of variation of T C(50mB)
Amderma 69.46; 61.4 64.65; 137.49 -75
Murmansk 68.25; 33.08 64.31; 113.47 -75
Arkhangelsk 64.60; 40.50 60.41; 117.64 -75
Sodankyla 67.37; 26.63 63.74; 107.75 -75
Petrozavodsk 61.81; 34.10 57.40; 113.0 -75
Siktivker 61.8; 50.8 57.33; 125.66 -75
Norilsk 69.20; 88.0 63.9; 162.56 -75
Yakutsk 62.02; 129.7 55.35; 200.66 -75
Tixie Bay 71.58; 129.00 60.54; 263.48 -80
Anchorage 61.20; 210.1 60.54; 263.48 -65
Frobisher Bay 63.75; 291.44 75.3; 12.7 -70
Vostok (Antarctica) -78.45; 106.87 -83.27; 186.5 -80


The following data of ozone concentration were used in this study:

1.at Canadian Arctic station Resolute Bay ( = 74.7 N, = 265.1 E). The data were taken from World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre (WOUDC). INTERNET address: http://www.woudc.org

2. at the Russian Antarctic station Vostok. The data were taken from the archives of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Saint-Petersburg, Russia. INTERNET address: http://www.aari.nw.ru

We used in our studies such parameters of the solar wind as its density, velocity, as well as parameters of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) of the solar wind taken from the NASA Data Center (USA). INTERNET address: http://www.nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/omniweb/

More detailed information about these investigations one can find in the following publications: 1. Makarova, L.N., and A.V. Shirochkov. Impact of the solar wind dynamics on the ozone density variations, Adv. Space Res., v.27, #12, pp.2013-2018, 2001.

2. Makarova, L.N., A.V. Shirochkov, A.P. Nagurny, E.V. Rozanov, and W. Schmutz. Parameterization of the heating in the middle stratosphere due to solar wind-induced electric currents, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, v.66, pp.1173-1178, 2004.