Some doubts concerning a link between cosmic ray fluxes and global cloudiness

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 863-865

  Kernthaler, Simon C ^a   Toumi, Ralf ^a   Haigh, Joanna D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COSMIC RAYS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; GLOBAL WARMING; SOLAR RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; COSMOLOGY; IONIZATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

COSMIC RAY FLUXES; GLOBAL CLOUDINESS;

CLOUDS; COSMIC RAYS;

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COSMIC RAY;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CLOUD TYPES; COMBINED EFFECT; COSMIC RAY FLUX; HIGH LATITUDES; SOLAR ACTIVITY; STRONG CORRELATION;

EID: 0033117673     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900121     Document Type: Article

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