Select Publications

Total number of refereed publications is about 135. Principal topics as follows:

  1. The acceleration of energetic particles in solar flares, and their diffusion in the sun's corona:
    • Reid, G.C., A diffusive model for the initial phase of a solar-proton event, J. Geophys. Res. 69, 2659-2667, 1964.
  2. The effects of these particles on the Earth's atmosphere:
    • Reid, G.C., and H. Leinbach, Low-energy cosmic-ray events associated with solar flares, J. Geophys. Res., 64, 1801-1805, 1959.
    • Crutzen, P.J., I.S.A. Isaksen, and G.C. Reid, Solar proton events: stratospheric sources of nitric oxide, Science, 189, 457-459, 1975.
    • Reid, G.C., T.E. Holzer, I.S.A. Isaksen, and P.J. Crutzen, Influence of ancient solar-proton events on the evolution of life, Nature, 259, 177-179, 1976.
  3. The ion chemistry of the mesosphere and upper stratosphere:
    • Reid, G.C. Ion chemistry in the D region, in Advances in Atomic and Molecular Physics, ed. D.R. Bates and B. Bederson, Academic Press, New York, 375-412, 1976.
    • Reid, G.C., Ion chemistry of the cold summer mesopause region, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 14653-14660, 1989.
  4. The formation and properties of noctilucent clouds:
    • Reid, G.C., Ice clouds at the summer polar mesopause, J. Atmos. Sci., 32, 523-535, 1975.
    • Reid, G.C., The nucleation and growth of ice particles in the upper mesosphere, Adv. Space Res., 20 (6), 1285-1291, 1997.
    • Reid, G.C., On the influence of electrostatic charging on the coagulation of dust and ice particles in the upper mesosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 1095-1098, 1997.
  5. The influence of solar variability on global climate:
    • Reid, G.C., Solar total irradiance variations and the global sea-surface temperature record, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 2835-2844, 1991.
    • Reid, G.C., Solar forcing of global climate understanding since the mid-17th century, Clim. Change, 37, 391-405, 1997.
  6. The temperature trends of the tropical lower stratosphere over the past several decades:
    • Reid, G.C., and K.S. Gage, On the annual variation in height of the tropical tropopause, J. Atmos. Sci., 38, 1928-1938, 1981.
    • Reid, G.C., Seasonal and interannual temperature variations in the tropical stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res. 99, 18923-18932, 1994.
    • Reid, G.C., and K.S. Gage, The tropical tropopause over the western Pacific: Wave driving, convection, and the annual cycle, J. Geophys. Res.,101, 21233-21241, 1996.